| 单词 | belie |
| 释义 | belie (once / 2163 pages) v To belie means to contradict. If you are 93 but look like you are 53, then your young looks belie your age. We get belie from the Old English beleogan, which meant "to deceive by lying." It suggests characteristics or behavior that inadvertently or deliberately hide the truth. To remember it, just think "be lying." Snow White's decision to barge into the Seven Dwarfs' home without invitation belied her gentle nature. WORD FAMILYbelie: belied, belies, belying USAGE EXAMPLESHis contentious Twitter posts belie his relative calm when he is at Mar-a-Lago compared with when he is isolated inside Trump Tower. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) Her high-pitched, schoolgirl’s voice belies a rush of reflections that sound wise beyond her years. New York Times(Jan 12, 2012) In a small office full of shelves groaning with books on the topic of bringing up children, his friendly demeanour belies a more pressing concern. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) 1v be in contradiction with Syn|Hyper contradict, negate depart, deviate, diverge, vary be at variance with; be out of line with 2v represent falsely Syn|Hypo|Hyper misrepresent sentimentalise, sentimentalize look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment distort, falsify, garble, warpmake false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story affect, dissemble, feign, pretend, shammake believe with the intent to deceive mangle, murder, mutilatealter so as to make unrecognizable play possumto pretend to be dead take a divepretend to be knocked out, as of a boxer bull, bullshit, fake, talk through one's hatspeak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths moutharticulate silently; form words with the lips only represent serve as a means of expressing something |
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