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

• 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。
• But these viewing figures belie the country's declining interest in the sport.
  但是这些个看身材掩饰国家运动的倾斜兴趣。
• So you don't belie that I'm thirstyh?
  你不相信我真的很渴？
• 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。
• Even when he did get a good fare, his legs would belie his appearance-he couldn't run fast!
  及至他拉上了个好座儿，他的腿不给他的车与衣服作劲，跑不动！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I think you belie her,'said Heathcliff, twisting his chair to face them.
  “我想你是冤枉她了，”希刺克厉夫说，把椅子转过来朝着她们。