denial
英 [dɪ'naɪ(ə)l]
美[dɪ'naɪəl]
- n. 否认；拒绝；节制；背弃
词态变化
复数: denials;
英文词源
- denial (n.)
- 1520s; see deny + -al (2). Replaced earlier denyance (mid-15c.). Meaning "unconscious suppression of painful or embarrassing feelings" first attested 1914 in A.A. Brill's translation of Freud's "Psychopathology of Everyday Life"; phrase in denial popularized 1980s.
双语例句
- 1. The denial was limited to rejecting the construction put on his remarks.
- 这种否认仅限于不接受对他所说话语的阐释。
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- 2. This does not justify the denial of constitutional protection.
- 这不能成为剥夺他人受宪法保护权利的正当理由。
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- 3. The Foreign Ministry has issued a flat denial of any involvement.
- 外交部已经坚决否认参与过此事。
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- 4. Nor did his denial carry conviction.
- 他的否认也没有说服力。
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- 5. Joanna's denial rang true.
- 乔安娜的否认听起来像是真的。
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