Belie
[ bi'lai ]
第5级
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vt. 歪曲真相，掩饰;证明…为虚假;辜负，使…失望;与…不符;
📝 例句
His looks belie his character.
他的外表掩饰 [使人误会] 他的品格。
Her cruelty belied her kind words.
她残忍的行为表明她亲切的言词是虚伪的。
His clothes belie his station.
他的衣服掩饰了他的身分。
He spoke roughly in order to belie his air of gentility(James Joyce)
为了给人有贵族气派的印象，他说话粗暴(詹姆斯 乔伊丝)
His acts belie his words.
他的言行不一致。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ be-是,lie-说谎:是在说谎→掩饰事实
※be-是,lie-谎言:这是一个谎言,为了掩饰真相,给人造成错觉
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
belie
v
(pres p belying, pp belied) [Tn]
1 give a wrong or an untrue idea of (sth) 使人对於（某事物）产生错误的或不符合实际的想法
His cheerful manner belied his real feelings. 他那快活的样子掩饰了他的真实感情.
2 fail to justify or fulfil (a hope, promise etc) 不足以证明; 未能实现（希望、诺言等）
Practical experience belies this theory. 实际经验证明这个理论是错误的.
🔁 扩展释义
*[bi'lai]vt. 掩饰, 与...不符, 使失望
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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There was too much work for our computer to cope with.
我们的计算机要做的工作太多，简直应接不暇。
I was just on time.
我刚好赶上。
Excuse me, are you American?
你是美国人吗？