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be·lie AHD[bĭ-līʹ] D.J.[bɪˈlaɪ]K.K.[bɪˈlaɪ]v.tr.(及物动词)be.lied, be.ly.ing, be.lies - To picture falsely; misrepresent:错误地描述;误述:"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)
- To show to be false:显示为虚假:Their laughter belied their outward grief.他们的笑声显示出他们表面上虚假的悲伤
- To be counter to; contradict:与…相对立;与…相矛盾:At first glance, life at the boarding school seemed to belie all the bad things I had heard about it.初看之下,寄宿学校的生活似乎不同于我所听说的有关它的糟糕情形
- Middle English bilien 中古英语 bilien
- from Old English belēogan [to deceive with lies] * see leugh- 源自 古英语 belēogan [用谎言欺骗] * 参见 leugh-
beliʹer n.(名词) |