belie
英 [bɪˈlaɪ]
美 [bɪˈlaɪ]
v. 掩饰; 遮掩; 使…给人以假象; 显示(某事)不正确; 证明(某事)错误
第三人称单数：belies 现在分词：belying 过去式：belied 过去分词：belied
Collins.1 / BNC.19460 / COCA.14713
牛津词典
verb
- 掩饰；遮掩；使…给人以假象
to give a false impression of sb/sth- Her energy and youthful good looks belie her 65 years.
她的活力与年轻美貌使人看不出她有65岁了。
- Her energy and youthful good looks belie her 65 years.
- 显示（某事）不正确；证明（某事）错误
to show that sth cannot be true or correct- Government claims that there is no poverty are belied by the number of homeless people on the streets.
大街上无家可归者的人数证明政府所声称的没有贫困的说法是谎言。
- Government claims that there is no poverty are belied by the number of homeless people on the streets.
柯林斯词典
- VERB 掩饰；遮掩
If one thingbeliesanother, it hides the true situation and so creates a false idea or image of someone or something.- Her looks belie her 50 years.
她看上去不像50岁。
- Her looks belie her 50 years.
- VERB 证明…是虚假的；显示…不真实
If one thingbeliesanother, it proves that the other thing is not true or genuine.- The facts of the situation belie his testimony.
实际情况证明他作了伪证。
- The facts of the situation belie his testimony.
英英释义
verb
- represent falsely
- This statement misrepresents my intentions
- be in contradiction with
双语例句
- The writer of this letter intended to belie the editor's view on the condition of those who reduced to unemployment.
写信人企图证明编辑的关于那些失业者的境况的观点为不正确。 - Their lives belie the popular image of the swashbuckling rock musician.
他们的生活与那虚张声势的红摇滚乐手的形象大不相称。 - His attitudes belie his words.
他的态度掩藏其言语。 - I think you belie her,'said Heathcliff, twisting his chair to face them.
“我想你是冤枉她了，”希刺克厉夫说，把椅子转过来朝着她们。 - The recent bombings belie claims that progress is being made in the peace talks.
最近的爆炸事件表明，和谈正取得进展的说法是虚假的。 - Elsewhere, the Australians will again belie their small population and give the impression that their country is one massive sporting arena by finishing next in the pecking order behind the behemoths.
其他地区中，澳大利亚人口虽少，却将在排行榜上紧跟巨头之后，给人以体育大国的印象。 - He spoke roughly in order to belie his air of gentility ( James Joyce)
为了给人有贵族气派的印象，他说话粗暴（詹姆斯乔伊丝） - Spanish women are the most flirtatious in the world online, according to a survey by a dating website which said the results belie lingering perceptions of a socially conservative country.
根据一家约会网站的调查，西班牙女性是全世界最会网上调情的女性。该网站称，这一结果颠覆了西班牙一直以来在人们心目中的保守印象。 - Television pictures of starving children belie official reports that normal life is continuing.
儿童挨饿的电视镜头证明官方声称生活继续维持正常的报道是假的。 - Our own calculations belie the figures shown in the estimates.
我们自己的计算证明估算单显示的数字是错误的。