英语释义

1. to give a false impression of
Her gentleness belies her strength.

2. to present an appearance not in agreement with
His manner and appearance belie his age.

3. to show (something) to be false or wrong
The evidence belies their claims of innocence.

4. to run counter to contradict
… appeared to belie all the rosy things I had heard about it.
— Katherine T. Kinkead

5. disguise sense 3
An air of rural charm … belies the community's industrial activity.
— American Guide Series: Pennsylvania

6. to give a false idea of (something)

7. to show (something) to be false or wrong

8. to give a false idea of
Her voice was strong and even, belying her eighty-two years.
— Kevin Henkes, Olive's Ocean

9. to show to be false
Their actions belie their claim of innocence.

片语

concealing隐藏；掩饰

英汉例句

• This heavily muscled reptile stalks about on four limbs its fluid movements and feline grace belying its size.

  这只四足爬行的生物有着不符于其体型的迅敏行动和如猫般优雅。

• This time, though, he fought off his own negativity with shows of positive emotion. More important, belying his perfectionist's style, he put the screw-ups behind him and won anyway.

  但是这一次他内心的积极情绪战胜了消极态度，更重要的是，他无视掉了完美主义和糟糕失败，一心一意沖向胜利。

• The window had opened easily at his touch, belying the complex lock that had once existed there.

  最好有个转折的意思在里面，尽管锁很复杂，他也能一触即开。

• Christians also make great claims, and are often guilty of belying them with their actions.

  基督徒许多时候也有高言大志，但常常与他们的行为不符。

• The company now has around 100 designers in Delhi making books for Dorling Kindersley, belying the idea that Britain can at least live off its creative industries.

  公司目前在德里大约有100位设计人员为英国多林·金德斯利有限公司制造书籍，这掩饰着英国可以依靠其创意产业生存的假象。

• Gordon Brown, belying his clunking image, has brought tech-savvy communications staff into Downing Street.

  布朗已经把精通技术的通讯工作人员带到的唐宁街。

相似词

misrepresent虚伪陈述；歪曲报道

相反词

betray背叛；出卖；泄露（秘密）；露出…迹象

represent代表；提出异议