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
- 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。 - Its extended range and large scale stereo presentation belie its size.
其延伸的范围和规模立体声介绍掩饰它的大小。 - The gentle lower slopes belie the true nature of the mountain.
低缓的山坡掩盖了这座山的真实特点。 - 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） - 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。 - It lends a pleasing rhythm to his frequently funny monologues, and tends to belie how fluent and articulate he can be.
这让他那经常滑稽可笑的独白有了一种还算让人满意的节奏，还能掩饰他在表达的流畅性和清晰度方面的能力。 - But these viewing figures belie the country's declining interest in the sport.
但是这些个看身材掩饰国家运动的倾斜兴趣。 - Tranquil waters and a drift of morning mist belie the power that carved these granite hills in Red Cuillin, Skye.
宁静的水面晨雾迷离，掩盖了雕琢这些花岗岩山峰的巨大力量。 - All the more so because it seems to belie the conviction of every pushy parent that if a child puts one foot wrong academically they have blown it for life.
更重要的原因在于，这似乎有悖于每一位望子成龙的家长的看法，即如果孩子在学业上步入歧途，他们的一生就毁了。 - But his conformist image and manner belie his break with strait-laced Japanese business conventions.
不过，他墨守成规的形象与举止，其实掩饰了他对日本企业刻板传统的背弃。