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gainsay

/geyn-sey, geyn-sey/US // ˈgeɪnˌseɪ, geɪnˈseɪ //UK // (ɡeɪnˈseɪ) //

争取,争取胜利,争取利益,争取获得

Related Words

contravene违反,抵触,违反了,违背traverse穿过,穿越,横穿,横越impugn指责,质问,谴责,指摘combat战斗,搏击,打击,斗争disclaim免责声明,免责声明,卸任,免除repudiate辟谣,否认,推翻,辟邪refute驳斥,驳倒,反驳,批驳disagree不同意,不认同,不赞同,不赞成deny否定,否认,拒绝,拒绝承认fight斗争,争取,战斗,争斗resist抵制,抗拒,抗争,抵抗controvert争议,争论,有争议,有争议的oppose反对,反对派,反对的,反对者negative负面的,负面,负的,否定disprove否定了,驳斥,推翻,否定negate否定,否认,否定了,否决cross十字架,十字,十字路口,十字形withstand忍受着,忍受,忍受住了,忍受住dispute纠纷,争端,争议,争执disaffirm否认,拒绝确认,驳斥,拒绝承认

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    gain·said, gain·say·ing.

    • : to deny, dispute, or contradict.
    • : to speak or act against; oppose.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbcontradict
Synonyms
combat战斗,搏击,打击,斗争contravene违反,抵触,违反了,违背controvert争议,争论,有争议,有争议的cross十字架,十字,十字路口,十字形deny否定,否认,拒绝,拒绝承认disagree不同意,不认同,不赞同,不赞成disclaim免责声明,免责声明,卸任,免除disprove否定了,驳斥,推翻,否定dispute纠纷,争端,争议,争执fight斗争,争取,战斗,争斗impugn指责,质问,谴责,指摘negate否定,否认,否定了,否决negative负面的,负面,负的,否定oppose反对,反对派,反对的,反对者refute驳斥,驳倒,反驳,批驳repudiate辟谣,否认,推翻,辟邪resist抵制,抗拒,抗争,抵抗traverse穿过,穿越,横穿,横越withstand忍受着,忍受,忍受住了,忍受住disaffirm否认,拒绝确认,驳斥,拒绝承认

Examples

  • But it will be a cost, and it will be large -- nobody can gainsay that.

  • As long as the United States was the economic primus inter pares, those arguments were hard to gainsay.

  • I ne'er heard yet that any of these bolder vices wanted less impudence to gainsay what they did, than to perform it first.

  • It was hard to make clear what the mate meant, but all to a 22 certain extent understood, and no one ventured to gainsay it.

  • There was that about me to stir surprise; with those 14 generous days so long gone by, I will not gainsay it.

  • "I cannot gainsay your statement," the Count de Montego said.

  • It would seem that he could not gainsay her words, for he made no reply.

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