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belie
  • Conjugation : past  belied ; ing  belying
  • Derivatives : n  belier
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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

belie [bɪ 'laɪ] [bɪ 'laɪ]
  1. 1. vt. [archaic] 撒谎
  2. 2. vt. 给人以…的假象隐瞒掩饰思想等);误述;歪曲
    His smile belies his anger.
    他的笑容掩饰他的愤怒情绪
  3. 3. vt. 未能实现;使失望;使(希望等)落空
    War belied hopes for peace.
    战争使和平希望落空
  4. 4. vt. 表明不真实证明…为虚伪;与…不符
    Her cruelty belied her kind words.
    她的残忍她的好话不一致

Collins English-English Dictionary

belie [bɪ'laɪ]
  1. 1. vt. [tr] to show to be untrue; contradict
  2. 2. vt. to misrepresent; disguise the nature of
    the report belied the real extent of the damage
  3. 3. vt. to fail to justify; disappoint
  4. 4. vt. [Etymology] Old English beleogan; related to Old Frisian biliuga, Old High German biliugan; see be-, lie1

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