deny
英 [d?'na?]
美[d?'nai]
- vt. 否定，否認；拒絕給予；拒絕…的要求
- vi. 否認；拒絕
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詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?denies;過去式:?denied;過去分詞:?denied;現在分詞:?denying;
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記憶：諧音：抵賴。
中文詞源
deny 否認
de-, 向下，離開。-ny, 同-neg, 否認，詞源同no, negate. 即否認。拼寫比較defy.
英文詞源
- deny
- deny: see renegade
- deny (v.)
- early 14c., from Old French denoiir "deny, repudiate, withhold," from Latin denegare "to deny, reject, refuse" (source of Italian dinegarre, Spanish denegar), from de- "away" (see de-) + negare "refuse, say 'no,' " from Old Latin nec "not," from Italic base *nek- "not," from PIE root *ne- "no, not" (see un-). Related: Denied; denying.
雙語例句
- 1. They appeared at court yesterday to deny charges of murder.
- 他們昨天出庭，否認謀 的指控。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. I would not want to deny them a harmless pleasure.
- 我不想剝奪他們這點無傷大雅的樂趣。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Who can deny his stature as the world's greatest cellist?
- 誰能否認他是世界上最偉大的大提琴演奏家呢？
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. He tried to deny it. Shame on him!
- 他還想抵賴，真不害臊！
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. They totally and categorically deny the charges.
- 他們徹底而又堅決地否認了那些指控。
來自柯林斯例句