gainsay

英 [geɪn'seɪ]美 [,ɡen'se]
  • vt. 反驳；否定
  • n. 否认；反对
GRE 畅通词汇

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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