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belie

C2 verb

belie /bɪˈlaɪ/ nghĩa là làm sai lệch, xuyên tạc

Các nghĩa

  1. làm sai lệch, xuyên tạc

    To give a false representation of.

    transitive

    Her smooth complexion and dark hair belie her actual age.

    Should I do ſo I ſhould bely my thoughts, / Comfort's in heauen, and we are on the earth[…]

    Pand. Lady, you vtter madneſſe, and not ſorrow. Con. Thou art [not] holy to belye me ſo, I am not mad: This haire I teare is mine

  2. mâu thuẫn, chứng minh là sai

    To contradict, to show (something) to be false.

    transitive

    Her obvious nervousness belied what she said.

    Their trembling Hearts bely their boaſting Tongues.

    In smooth RP tones that belie his German parentage, he explains that none of his hachet jobs were written out of personal animosity.

  3. che giấu, che đậy

    To conceal the contradictory or ironic presence of (something).

    transitive

    His calm demeanor belied his inner sense of guilt.

    At NIE the virtually monolingual linguistic landscape basically belies a quite different multilingual reality.

  4. bộc lộ, chứng tỏ

    To show, evince or demonstrate (something) to be present, particularly something deemed contradictory or ironic.

    transitive

    A host of evidence is adduced by the accused, evidence whose sometimes self-contradictory nature belies a certain desperation

    […] a low, flat, boring building that belies its past as an IRS facility […]

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