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
- They belie a strange reality of Brussels: while critics portray it as an ever-expanding bureaucratic monster, the EU is often thin on the resources and technical expertise needed to make policies.
他们暴露了布鲁塞尔的怪诞现实：虽然批评家形容它是一个日益扩大的官僚怪物，但它往往匮乏制定政策所需的资源及技术专长。 - The fact that people don't understand numbers and systems thinking and science and logic, that's OK, Gates says-though his famous impatience might belie such a claim.
人们不理解数字和系统思维、不理解科学和逻辑，这没什么，盖茨说&尽管他那出了名的不耐烦令我不敢全然相信他的这一说法。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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 they belie a fierce ambition and an obsession to root out injustice on Wall Street and beyond.
但诙谐的表象下面潜藏着的是巴拉拉根除华尔街内外所有不公的强烈抱负和执着信念。 - 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） - So you don't belie that I'm thirstyh?
你不相信我真的很渴？ - But government auditors claim those ratings belie the forces 'true abilities. One cites an ANA unit that was allotted 12 trucks, though only three of its 12 drivers had training.
然而，政府审计员称，这些评级不足以证明部队的真实战斗力。一位审计员指出，在配备12辆坦克的阿富汗国民军（ANA）某部，12名驾驶员中只有3名接受了训练。