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　

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牛津词典

verb

• 掩饰；遮掩；使…给人以假象
  to give a false impression of sb/sth
  1. 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。
• 显示（某事）不正确；证明（某事）错误
  to show that sth cannot be true or correct
  1. 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。

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.
  1. Her looks belie her 50 years.
     她看上去不像50岁。
• 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.
  1. The facts of the situation belie his testimony.
     实际情况证明他作了伪证。

英英释义

verb

• represent falsely
  1. This statement misrepresents my intentions
  Synonym:misrepresent
• be in contradiction with
  Synonym:contradictnegate

双语例句

• 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。
• So you don't belie that I'm thirstyh?
  你不相信我真的很渴？
• 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）
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• Inspire your imagination to see yourself already in possession of it. His cheerful appearance belie his feelings.
  想想看，当你达到目标后的欢愉感觉。他欢愉的外表掩饰了他不安的情绪。
• 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。
• 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。