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

• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• So you don't belie that I'm thirstyh?
  你不相信我真的很渴？
• 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。