belies

英 [bɪˈlaɪz]

美 [bɪˈlaɪz]

v.  掩饰; 遮掩; 使…给人以假象; 显示(某事)不正确; 证明(某事)错误
belie的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 掩饰；遮掩
  If one thingbeliesanother, it hides the true situation and so creates a false idea or image of someone or something.
  1. Her looks belie her 50 years.
     她看上去不像50岁。
• VERB 证明…是虚假的；显示…不真实
  If one thingbeliesanother, it proves that the other thing is not true or genuine.
  1. The facts of the situation belie his testimony.
     实际情况证明他作了伪证。

双语例句

• The modesty of their home belies their great wealth.
  他们简朴的家使人们看不出他们拥有巨额财富。
• His cheerful appearance belies his feelings.
  他欢愉的外表掩饰了他不安的情绪。
• I have not told of anything that interferes with or belies my love for you.
  我告诉你所有的事，没有一句是假的，或者是装的呀。
• But the short-term calm of analysts such as Mr Cui belies the long-term pressures on Chinese agriculture, which are on the verge of triggering revolutions in the way China trades and farms its food. Those pressures could even send it offshore in search of arable land.
  但崔晓利等分析人士的短期平静，掩盖了中国农业面临的长期压力。这些压力已濒临引发一场中国食品贸易和生产方式的革命，甚至有可能促使中国到海外去寻找可耕地。
• His appearance belies him.
  他的外貌给人以假象。
• Mandalay's grimy disarray belies its role as Burma's cultural and religious centre of Buddhism.
  曼德勒的肮脏无序掩盖了它作为缅甸文化中心和佛教圣地的地位。
• On first impressions, Foster might seem like too nice a guy to succeed at one of the most demanding clubs in European football, but his cheerful demeanour belies a steely determination.
  第一印象，福斯特看起来可能太面善以至于不适于呆在欧洲最具统治力的球队里。但他用行动证明了自己钢铁般的意志。
• When we are uncomfortable, it is easy for us to say that everything is working out fine, yet our body language often belies our true emotions.
  当我们感觉不舒服的时候，说每样东西都很完美地在运作是很容易的，但是我们的语言却常常掩饰了真实的情绪。
• The widening deficit belies an improving performance by the US's export sector, which has increased shipments in recent months to meet global demand.
  不断扩大的贸易逆差，掩盖了美国出口行业日益改观的表现。近几个月，美国出口量有所增长，以满足全球需求。
• This statement belies the fact that in order to do this one must first establish from where the competition currently stems and from where it might stem in the future.
  然而此声明却不足以证明这个事实，即为了完成该分析，首先须确定现今竞争的起源，以及未来竞争又可能由何造成。