belying

英 [bɪˈlaɪɪŋ]

美 [bɪˈlaɪɪŋ]

v. 掩饰; 遮掩; 使…给人以假象; 显示(某事)不正确; 证明(某事)错误
belie的现在分词

VERB 掩饰；遮掩
If one thing belies another, it hides the true situation and so creates a false idea or image of someone or something.
1. Her looks belie her 50 years.
  她看上去不像50岁。
VERB 证明…是虚假的；显示…不真实
If one thing belies another, it proves that the other thing is not true or genuine.
1. The facts of the situation belie his testimony.
  实际情况证明他作了伪证。

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Central Asia, belying its label, is on the edge of this space politically as well as physically.
而中亚地区则实际名不副实，他并非在亚洲中心，而是在东亚的边缘，地理上政治上均是如此。
Christians also make great claims, and are often guilty of belying them with their actions.
基督徒许多时候也有高言大志，但常常与他们的行为不符。
The window had opened easily at his touch, belying the complex lock that had once existed there.
最好有个转折的意思在里面，尽管锁很复杂，他也能一触即开。
Worker activists have welcomed the law for beginning to address a Dickensian imbalance in employer-employee relations belying the official push to build a more "harmonious" society.
工人维权人士对新法律的施行表示欢迎，因为它意味着社会开始应对狄更斯时代般的劳资关系失衡，这种失衡与官方推动建设更“和谐”社会不符。
But perhaps more importantly, the growth of the industry has changed attitudes to business in Africa belying the received wisdom that African markets were too risky and poor.
但更重要的影响可能是，电信业的增长已改变了人们对非洲商业的看法，推翻了非洲市场过于危险和贫穷的传统观念。