gainsay
英 [geɪn'seɪ]
美[,ɡen'se]
- vt. 反驳；否定
- n. 否认；反对
词态变化
第三人称单数: gainsays;过去式: gainsaid;过去分词: gainsaid;现在分词: gainsaying;
助记提示
1、against + say.
中文词源
gainsay 否认
gain, 相反，来自again的原义，同against.
英文词源
- gainsay (v.)
- "contradict, deny, dispute," c. 1300, literally "say against," from gain- (Old English gegn- "against;" see again) + say (v.). In Middle English it translates Latin contradicere. "Solitary survival of a once common prefix" [Weekley]. It also figured in such now-obsolete compounds as gain-taking "taking back again," gainclap "a counterstroke," gainbuy "redeem," Gaincoming "Second Advent," and gainstand "to oppose." Related: Gainsaid; gainsaying.
双语例句
- 1. Nobody can gainsay his claims.
- 没人能够反驳他的说法。
来自《权威词典》
- 2. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The practical and pragmatic gainsay the Utopian and transcendental.
- 实际的和实用的,否定了空想的和先验的东西.
来自辞典例句
- 4. Beyond gainsay it is a genuine Rembrandt.
- 无可否认地,那是真的伦布兰特(的画).
来自辞典例句
- 5. She is a fine woman - that nobody can gainsay.
- 她是个好女人 - 无人能否认.
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