gainsaid

英 [ˌɡeɪnˈsed]

美 [ˌɡeɪnˈsed]

v.  反驳; 反对; 否认
gainsay的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 反驳；反对
  If there is nogainsayingsomething, it is true or obvious and everyone would agree with it.
  1. However much people have criticised her style and some of her policies no one will gainsay her courage...
     无论人们如何强烈地批评她的处事风格和某些政策，她的勇气却无人能够否认。
  2. There is no gainsaying the fact that they have been responsible for a truly great building.
     不容否认的事实是，他们一手建起了一座真正伟大的建筑。

双语例句

• And we won't be gainsaid, will we?
  我们不会反对，对吧？
• Teachers have expertise that cannot be gainsaid.
  教师们都具有无可否认的专业知识。
• These achievements cannot be gainsaid.
  这些成绩是不能一笔抹杀的。
• This cannot well be gainsaid by anybody who does not believe that the world has already attained perfection in all its ways and practices.
  谁只要还不相信这世界在一切办法和做法上已臻尽善尽美，谁就不能很好地反驳这一点。