英汉词典

gainsay 基本解释

• vt. 反驳；否定
• n. 否认；反对

gainsay 词态变化

gainsay 中文词源

gain, 相反，来自again的原义，同against.

gainsay 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.

gainsay 英文释义

1. take exception to;

"She challenged his claims"

gainsay 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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gainsay 实用场景例句

Nobody can gainsay his claims.

没人能够反驳他的说法。

牛津词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

There is no gainsaying the fact that they have been responsible for a truly great building.

不容否认的事实是，他们一手建起了一座真正伟大的建筑。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

No one will gainsay his integrity.

没有人对他的正直有话可讲.

期刊摘选

And those who dared to gainsay the wisdom of the fathers were shunned allpeople.

谁去否认祖先的智慧,谁就会遭到正人君子的冷落.

期刊摘选

Beyond gainsay it is a genuine Rembrandt.

无可否认地,那是真的伦布兰特(的画).

辞典例句

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.

辞典例句

Nobody can gainsay his claims.

没人能够反驳他的说法。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

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。

柯林斯例句