be.lie
belie的音标和读音:
DJ音标发音: [biˈlai]
KK音标发音: [bɪˈlaɪ]
belie的词性:
v.tr.(及物动词)
1. 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)
2. 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
3. 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
belie的词源:
4. Middle English bilien
中古英语 bilien
5. from Old English bel?ogan [to deceive with lies] * see leugh-
源自 古英语 bel?ogan [用谎言欺骗] *参见 leugh-
belie的词性:
n.(名词)