简明英汉词典
deny
[di5nai]
v.
否认, 拒绝
美国传统词典[双解]
deny
de.ny
AHD:[d1-no“]
D.J.[di6nai]
K.K.[d!6na!]
v.tr.(及物动词)
de.nied, de.ny.ing, de.nies
(1)To declare untrue; contradict.
驳斥,反对:宣布为不真实;反对
(2)To refuse to believe; reject.
拒绝,不信:拒绝相信;拒绝
(3)To refuse to recognize or acknowledge; disavow.
否认:拒绝承认;否认
(4)To decline to grant or allow; refuse:
拒绝:拒绝给予或允许;拒绝:
deny the student's request; denied the prisoner food or water.
拒绝学生的请求;不给犯人食物和水
(5)To give a refusal to; turn down or away:
拒绝:拒绝;回绝:
The protesters were determined not to be denied.
抗议者决定不达目的不罢休
(6)To restrain (oneself) especially from indulgence in pleasures.
自制:克制(自己),尤指克制自己不要沉溺于欢乐
语源
(1)Middle English denien
中古英语 denien
(2)from Old French denier
源自 古法语 denier
(3)from Latin d?3re}
源自 拉丁语 d?3re}
(4)d?- [de-]
d?- [前缀,表否定]
(5)neg3e [to say no] * see ne
neg3e [说不] *参见 ne
参考词汇
(1)deny, contradict, contravene, disaffirm, gainsay, negate, negative, traverse
(2)The central meaning shared by these verbs is “to refuse to admit the existence, truth, or value of”:
这些动词共有的中心意思是:“拒绝承认某事物的存在、真实性或价值”:
denied the rumor;
辟谣;
contradicted the statement;
驳斥某种说法;
contravene a conclusion;
否定结论;
disaffirm a suggestion;
否定一项建议;
trying to gainsay the evidence;
竭力否认证据;
negate reality;
否认现实;
negatived the allegations;
推翻指控;
traverse an indictment. affirm
否认控告 affirm
现代英汉词典
deny
[dI5naI]
vt.
denied, denying
(1)否认;否定;拒绝相信
He said that I had stolen his bicycle, but I denied it.
他说我偷了他的自行车,可是我否认了。
(2)背弃;摒弃
He denied his country.
他背弃了自己的国家。
(3)拒绝;不给;不予;不允许
He denies his wife nothing.
他对他的妻子有求必应。
习惯用语
deny oneself
自制;克己;舍弃
现代英汉综合大辞典
deny
[di5nai]
vt.
(1)否认, 否定
(2)拒绝相信; 拒绝接受; 拒绝给予
deny a statement
否认声明
deny one's signature
不承认自己的签名
She can deny her son nothing.
她对儿子是百依百顺(要什么就给什么)。
词性变化
deny
[di5nai]
vi.
否定, 拒绝
n.
毛织物(旧称)
习惯用语
deny oneself
(1)节制, 克己, 戒绝
(2)放弃
deny oneself to
不会见(客人); 谢绝(来客)
参考词汇
deny contradict
均含“否认”、“否定”的意思。
(1)deny指“坚定地否认某事为真实的”, 如:
He -ied the charge.
他否认了控告。
(2)contradict语气比deny强, 指“明确地反驳对方的话, 并且强调地指证其相反者为真实的”, 如:
He contradicts everything 1 say, even if he has to insist that black is white.
他反驳我说的每一件事, 甚至坚持指鹿为马。
用法词典
deny
来自古法语denier