橘子朗文词典

gainsay

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˌɡeɪnˈseɪ]
  • 美式音标 [ɡenˈse, ˈɡenˌse]
  • 国际音标 [ɡein'sei]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • vt. 反駁；否定
  • n. 否認；反對

词根记忆

  • gain(=against反) + say(說)→反著說→否認

同根派生

     

英汉例句

  • Nobody can gainsay his claims.
    沒人能夠反駁他的說法。
  • The practical and pragmatic gainsay the Utopian and transcendental.
    實際的和實用的,否定了空想的和先騐的東西.
  • Beyond gainsay it is a genuine Rembrandt.
    無可否認地,那是真的倫佈蘭特(的畫).
  • Nobody can gainsay his claims.
    沒人能夠反駁他的說法。
  • However much people have criticised her style and some of her policies no one will gainsay her courage.
    無論人們如何強烈地批評她的処事風格和某些政策，她的勇氣卻無人能夠否認。

词组短语

    短語

  • gainsay y 否認

英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • to refuse to accept something as the truth

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • If there is no gainsaying something, it is true or obvious and everyone would agree with it.