英语词汇“give the lie to”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

give the lie to

Serve to show that (something previously assumed to be the case) is not true: these figures give the lie to the notion that Britain is excessively strike-ridden...

This, and other, exceptions to a ‘true’ meritocracy give the lie to protestations that merit admissions are in fact the order of the day at the Nation's universities.
These figures give the lie to claims that Australia cannot afford increased defence spending.
Bucking the national trend, 82 per cent of voters turned out, giving the lie to all the talk of voter apathy.

Synonyms

disprove, contradict, negate, deny, refute, rebut, gainsay, belie, invalidate, show/prove to be false, explode, discredit, debunk, quash, knock the bottom out of, drive a coach and horses through;

challenge, call into question

informal shoot full of holes, shoot down (in flames)

rare controvert, confute, negative

See parent entry: lie

单词	give the lie to
释义	give the lie to Serve to show that (something previously assumed to be the case) is not true: these figures give the lie to the notion that Britain is excessively strike-ridden... This, and other, exceptions to a ‘true’ meritocracy give the lie to protestations that merit admissions are in fact the order of the day at the Nation's universities. These figures give the lie to claims that Australia cannot afford increased defence spending. Bucking the national trend, 82 per cent of voters turned out, giving the lie to all the talk of voter apathy. Synonyms disprove, contradict, negate, deny, refute, rebut, gainsay, belie, invalidate, show/prove to be false, explode, discredit, debunk, quash, knock the bottom out of, drive a coach and horses through; challenge, call into question informal shoot full of holes, shoot down (in flames) rare controvert, confute, negative See parent entry: lie
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