gainsay
英[ge?n'se?]
美[,ɡen'se]
- vt. 反駁；否定
- n. 否認；反對
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?gainsays;過去式:?gainsaid;過去分詞:?gainsaid;現在分詞:?gainsaying;
助記提示
1、against + say.
中文詞源
gainsay 否認
gain, 相反，來自again的原義，同against.
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Nobody can gainsay his claims.
- 沒人能夠反駁他的說法。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. 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處事風格和某些政策，她的勇氣卻無人能夠否認。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The practical and pragmatic gainsay the Utopian and transcendental.
- 實際的和實用的,否定了空想的和先驗的東西.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Beyond gainsay it is a genuine Rembrandt.
- 無可否認地,那是真的倫布蘭特(的畫).
來自辭典例句
- 5. She is a fine woman - that nobody can gainsay.
- 她是個好女人 - 無人能否認.
來自互聯網