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单词 gainsay
释义
gainsay
verb[Toften in negatives]
formal
uk
/ˌɡeɪnˈseɪ/us
/ˌɡeɪnˈseɪ/
gainsaid|gainsaid
torefusetoacceptsomething as thetruth:
否认；反驳；反对
Certainly there's no gainsaying(= it is notpossibletodoubt)thetechnicalbrillianceof hisperformance.无可否认，他的演奏技巧非常精湛。
Synonyms
challenge
dispute
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Refusing & rejecting
  • abnegate
  • abnegation
  • bar
  • batsomething/someoneaway
  • blow(something)out
  • brush
  • disown
  • jettison
  • laugh
  • miss a chance/opportunityidiom
  • punt onsomething
  • quit
  • quit onsomeone
  • react
  • react againstsomething
  • repudiate
  • resistant
  • spurn
  • turnyournose upidiom
  • unclaimed
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(Definition ofgainsayfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgainsay

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The courts cannotgainsaythe legislation and set it aside because they think that a better standard should be endorsed.
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What gives that claim its credibility is the fact that it does not overlook orgainsaythe routineness of the routine cases.
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Nor is it meant togainsaythe real hardships imposed.
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What cannot be gainsaid is that nature safeguards certain principles that must be respected no matter in which discipline they come to fruition.
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Also, the importance of prospective judgements for both gender groups gainsays the longstanding claim that retrospective judgements are what matter for presidential approval.
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There is no gainsaying that the civilian administration has been concerned with the rising spate of conflicts in the country.
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The singular aptness of its title cannot be gainsaid, however.
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One witness to a crime would not be sufficient to convict, for such testimony would simply be gainsaid by the defendant's denial of guilt.
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Indeed, the importance of immigration for the contemporary pattern of party conflict in destination countries cannot be gainsaid.
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Even more disconcertingly, the five reviews head off on different judgemental tangents, one set of recommendations appearing togainsaythe next.
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To accomplish this, we can first classify the possible outside sources from which the conceptual system of physics may borrow elements thatgainsayits self-sufficiency.
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The black origins of the music stressed by the left-wing press of the day cannot be gainsaid.
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Why, then, would wegainsaypostal officials who invoked the same principles in restricting the number of routes in southern districts?
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Furthermore, it is difficult togainsaythis inference on the grounds that the spatial scale of the analyses is incommensurate with that at which neighbourhood effects are believed to operate.
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While it is clear that conflict management depends less on punitive measures against the dramatis personae, there is no gainsaying that proactive measures to contain conflicts are needed.
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