Front | deny |
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Pron | [dɪ'naɪ] |
Back | 【DENY】 Justice must not be denied to anyone, however poor he may be. 人无论多么穷都该受到公平的待遇。 【重点词汇】 deny v. 否认, 拒绝给予 反: admit |
Vocab | denydeclare untrue; contradict
To deny means refuse to accept, recognize, or believe. You can deny your sweet tooth all you want, but the stash of candy in your desk tells a different story. It's hard to deny what etymologists have proven: deny is rooted in the Latin word denegare, which means “to deny, reject, refuse.” You can deny yourself of chocolate if you're on a diet, or deny the accusations that you're a chocoholic. But it's usually best to fess up. Abraham Lincoln famously admitted: “I never did like to work, and I don't deny it. I'd rather read, tell stories, crack jokes, talk, laugh — anything but work." All forms of 'deny' will appear on average once every 65 pages. undeniable self-denial deniable denial denier deny self-denying undeniably |
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