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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• His attitudes belie his words.
  他的态度掩藏其言语。
• 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。
• 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 facts of the situation belie his testimony.
  实际情况证明他作了伪证。
• 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。