belie

动词 belie:

1. be in contradiction with
   同义词：contradict, negate
2. represent falsely
   同义词：misrepresent

1. Practical experience belies this theory.
   实际经验证明这个理论是错误的。
2. His cheerful manner belied his real feelings.
   他那快活的样子掩饰了他真实的感情。

be.lie

v.tr.（及物动词）
be.lied,be.ly.ing,be.lies
To picture falsely; misrepresent:
错误地描述；误述：
例句：
.He spoke roughly in order to belie his air of gentility.(James Joyce)
.为了给人有贵族气派的印象，他说话粗暴.(詹姆斯·乔伊丝)

To show to be false:
显示为虚假：
例句：
Their laughter belied their outward grief.
他们的笑声显示出他们表面上虚假的悲伤

To be counter to; contradict:
与…相对立；与…相矛盾：
例句：
At first glance, life at the boarding school seemed to belie all the bad things I had heard about it.
初看之下，寄宿学校的生活似乎不同于我所听说的有关它的糟糕情形

来源：
Middle English bilien
中古英语 bilien
from Old English belôogan [to deceive with lies] * see leugh-
源自 古英语 belôogan [用谎言欺骗] *参见 leugh-

【引伸】
beli.er
n.（名词）