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单词 gainsay
释义
gainsaygain‧say /ˌɡeɪnˈseɪ/ verb (past tense and past participle gainsaid /-ˈsed/) [transitive usually in negatives] formal Word Origin
WORD ORIGINgainsay
Origin:
1300-1400 gain- ‘against’ (13-16 centuries) (from Old English gegn) + say
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
gainsay
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theygainsay
he, she, itgainsays
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theygainsaid
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave gainsaid
he, she, ithas gainsaid
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad gainsaid
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill gainsay
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have gainsaid
Continuous Form
PresentIam gainsaying
he, she, itis gainsaying
you, we, theyare gainsaying
PastI, he, she, itwas gainsaying
you, we, theywere gainsaying
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been gainsaying
he, she, ithas been gainsaying
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been gainsaying
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be gainsaying
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been gainsaying
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • It may be very difficult to gainsay the claim.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • And who could gainsay either of them?
  • Few could gainsay that such growth poses an unprecedented challenge to mankind.
  • Mr Smith's survival techniques are sound and I can not imagine that any accountant would gainsay them.
to say that something is not true, or to disagree with someone SYN  contradict:  No one dared to gainsay him.
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