gainsay

英 [ˌɡeɪnˈseɪ]

美 [ˌɡeɪnˈseɪ]

v.  反驳; 反对; 否认

现在分词：gainsaying　过去分词：gainsaid　第三人称单数：gainsays　过去式：gainsaid　

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BNC.34218 / COCA.32959

牛津词典

verb

• 反驳；反对；否认
  to say that sth is not true; to disagree with or deny sth
  1. Nobody can gainsay his claims.
     没人能够反驳他的说法。

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。

英英释义

verb

• take exception to
  1. She challenged his claims
  Synonym:challengedispute

双语例句

• 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。
• Beyond gainsay it is a genuine Rembrandt.
  无可否认地，那是真的伦布兰特（的画）。
• If you believe I can, then I can, yet even all people gainsay me.
  即使所有的人都说我不行，只要你说我行，我就一定能行。
• 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。
• Such pain is hard to gainsay.
  很难否认这样的痛苦。
• The doctors certainly think so, and who am I to gainsay them?
  医生确定地这麽认为，而且我是谁否定他们？
• No one will gainsay his integrity.
  没有人对他的正直有话可讲。
• Nobody can gainsay the extraordinary achievement wrought by China in the fastest industrial revolution in human history.
  无人否认中国在堪称人类历史上最快的工业革命中取得的非凡成就。
• If someone ask the same question to me now, I will gainsay me words too.
  现在如果还问我这个问题，我应该也会否定自己的答案。
• "You are my husband" added she, in a low murmuring voice;" is it for me to gainsay you?"
  “你是我的丈夫”她以一种喃喃的低语声补充说道，“难道我能和你唱对台戏吗？”