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belie sth
His calm voice belied his fear.
他平静的声音掩盖了他的恐惧。
掩饰；使产生假象
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掩饰；使产生假象
to give a false or misleading impression of something
His calm voice belied his fear.
他平静的声音掩盖了他的恐惧。
歪曲,对...作虚假的描述。
To give a false representation of.
反驳,证明...为假。
To contradict, to show (something) to be false.
掩盖(某事物)矛盾或讽刺的存在
To conceal the contradictory or ironic presence of (something).
表明或证明(某事物)存在,尤指被认为矛盾或讽刺的事物
To show, evince or demonstrate (something) to be present, particularly something deemed contradictory or ironic.
belie
Base
原形
belies
3rd person
第三人称单数
belying
-ing
现在分词
belied
Past
过去式
belied
Past participle
过去分词
His calm face belies his inner anxiety.
他平静的面容掩盖了他内心的焦虑。
The results belied our expectations.
结果与我们的预期不符。
Her cheerful tone has belied the seriousness of the situation.
她欢快的语气掩盖了局势的严重性。
belie 是及物动词，主语常为事物；注意 belying 由 belie 变化而来（-ie 变 y）。
The calm tone of her email belies the anger she felt.
她邮件中平静的语气掩盖了她的愤怒。
His casual laughter belied the concern he had about the result.
他随意的笑声掩盖了他对结果的担忧。
The small size of the museum belies the richness of its collection.
这座博物馆的小规模掩盖了其藏品之丰富。
His calm voice belied his fear.
他平静的声音掩盖了他的恐惧。
常用被动语态，强调某事物被另一事物揭穿或证明为假。
The team's confidence was belied by their poor performance.
球队的信心被他们糟糕的表现戳穿了。
宾语常为 the fact、the idea、the claim 等，后接 that 从句。
The casual tone belies the fact that the topic is serious.
随意的语气掩盖了一个事实：这个话题很严肃。
Not this
His actions belie with his words.
Use this
His actions belie his words.
belie 是及物动词，直接接宾语，不需要介词 with；汉语‘与……不符’中的‘与’容易导致多加 with。
Not this
He belied to the teacher about his homework.
Use this
He lied to the teacher about his homework.
belie 表示‘掩饰’或‘与……不符’，不是‘说谎’；表达‘对某人说谎’应用 lie to sb，且 lie 在此为不及物动词。
Not this
I belied her excuse.
Use this
I believed her excuse.
believe 和 belie 词形相近但意思不同：believe 是‘相信’，belie 是‘与……相矛盾/掩饰’；把 belied 当作 believed 的过去式是拼写混淆。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
掩盖事实；与事实相矛盾
His calm tone belied the fact that he was extremely nervous.
他平静的语气掩盖了他极度紧张的事实。
与预期不符；出乎意料
The final results belied everyone's expectations.
最终结果与所有人的预期不符。
打破刻板印象；证明刻板印象不实
She belied the stereotype that introverts cannot be good leaders.
她打破了内向者无法成为优秀领导者的刻板印象。
与炒作不符；证明宣传夸大
The disappointing sales belied the hype surrounding the product.
惨淡的销量证明了围绕该产品的大肆宣传并不属实。
与其名称不符；名不副实
The hotel was luxurious inside, belying its modest name.
这家酒店内部豪华，与其朴素的名字并不相符。
然而，凭天发誓，我认为我的爱如此珍贵，如同任何被虚假比拟所歪曲的女子。
In Shakespeare's Sonnet 130, the poet says his mistress is as rare as any woman whose beauty has been belied by exaggerated comparisons.
在莎士比亚的十四行诗第130首中，诗人说他的爱人像任何被夸张比拟所歪曲的女子一样珍贵。
Use belie naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想“be lie”（在撒谎）：撒谎就是掩饰真相，让表面与事实不符，正对应belie“掩饰；与…矛盾”的意思。
语域：formal 常见场景：正式写作、新闻报道、学术或文学评论 belie 通常用于正式或书面语境，多表示“与…不符/相矛盾”或“掩饰/使产生假象”；在口语或非正式场合较少见。
All six rhyme with the final syllable of 'belie' (/laɪ/). Beware lookalikes 'belief' /bɪˈliːf/ and 'believe' /bɪˈliːv/, where '-lie-' is pronounced /liː/, not /laɪ/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.