belie

Oxford Dictionary
belie
- IPA[bɪˈlʌɪ]
英式
- v.
  
  (of an appearance) fail to give a true impression of (something)；fail to fulfil or justify (a claim or expectation)
- verb: belie, 3rd person present: belies, gerund or present participle: belying, past tense: belied, past participle: belied
- 釋義
v.
動詞
1. (of an appearance) fail to give a true impression of (something) his lively, alert manner belied his years 同義詞 contradict, be at odds with, call into question, give the lie to, show/prove to be false, ... 更多disprove, debunk, discredit, explode, knock the bottom out of, drive a coach and horses through, informalshoot full of holes, shoot down (in flames), rarecontrovert, confute, negative, conceal, cover, disguise, misrepresent, falsify, distort, warp, put a spin on, colour, give a false idea of, give a false account of反義詞 testify to, reveal
2. fail to fulfil or justify (a claim or expectation) the quality of the music seems to belie the criticism
- 更多解釋
belie
IPA[bəˈlī]
美式
v.
(of an appearance) fail to give a true notion or impression of (something); disguise or contradict: his lively, alert manner belied his years
Oxford American Dictionary

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