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　

TOEFLGRETEM8

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
  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 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。
• 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）
• 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。
• His attitudes belie his words.
  他的态度掩藏其言语。
• 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 facts of the situation belie his testimony.
  实际情况证明他作了伪证。
• 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。
• 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。
• Our own calculations belie the figures shown in the estimates.
  我们自己的计算证明估算单显示的数字是错误的。
• 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。