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

• The believability of premises could change the size of belie bias effect, but did not affect the patterns of belief bias effect. Fourth, belief bias effects were not reduced with age.
  前提可信性可以改变多模型推理问题中信念偏差效应的大小，但并不改变信念偏差效应的表现形式。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• The writer of this letter intended to belie the editor's view on the condition of those who reduced to unemployment.
  写信人企图证明编辑的关于那些失业者的境况的观点为不正确。
• 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。