gainsay

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishgainsaygain‧say /ˌɡeɪnˈseɪ/ verb (past tense and past participle gainsaid /-ˈsed/) [transitive usually in negatives] formal DISAGREEto say that something is not true, or to disagree with someone SYN contradict No one dared to gainsay him.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusgainsay• And who could gainsay either of them?• Few could gainsay that such growth poses an unprecedented challenge to mankind.• It may be very difficult to gainsay the claim.• Mr Smith's survival techniques are sound and I can not imagine that any accountant would gainsay them.Origin gainsay (1300-1400) gain- “against” ((13-16 centuries)) (from Old English gegn) + say

单词	gainsay
释义	gainsay From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishgainsaygain‧say /ˌɡeɪnˈseɪ/ verb (past tense and past participle gainsaid /-ˈsed/) [transitive usually in negatives] formal DISAGREEto say that something is not true, or to disagree with someone SYN contradict No one dared to gainsay him.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusgainsay• And who could gainsay either of them?• Few could gainsay that such growth poses an unprecedented challenge to mankind.• It may be very difficult to gainsay the claim.• Mr Smith's survival techniques are sound and I can not imagine that any accountant would gainsay them.Origin gainsay (1300-1400) gain- “against” ((13-16 centuries)) (from Old English gegn) + say
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