Picture something being held out to you — an accusation, a request, a feeling — and you push it back with a flat no. That pushing-away is the picture inside deny. Push away a claim and you deny it is true; push away a person's request and you deny them what they want; push away your own feeling and you deny it even to yourself.

可以想成:有東西被遞到你面前,你把它推回去。可能是一項指控、一個請求,也可能是自己心裡冒出來的感覺。deny 的幾個用法都在做同一個動作,只是推回去的東西不一樣:推回一句話,就是否認它是真的;推回一個人的要求,就是不給他;推回自己的情緒,就是連自己都不承認。

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原始詞典資料7 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

denyverb/dɪˈnaɪ/

  • 1

    To disallow or reject.

    • I wanted to go to the party, but I was denied.
    • 'Do! pray do! I shall be the most miserable of men if you don't. You cannot be so cruel as to deny me a favour so easily granted and yet so highly prized!' pleaded he as ardently as if his life depended on it.
  • 2

    To assert that something is not true.

    • to deny a rumour to deny an allegation
    • I deny that I was at the party.
  • 3

    To refuse to give or grant something to someone.

    • My father denied me a good education.
    • To some men, it is more agreeable to deny a vicious inclination, than to gratify it.
  • 4

    To take something away from someone; to deprive of.

  • 5

    hobbieslifestylesportsTo prevent from scoring.

    • Another Karadeniz cross led to Cudicini's first save of the night, with the Spurs keeper making up for a weak punch by brilliantly pushing away Christian Noboa's snap-shot. Two more top-class stops followed quickly afterwards, first from Natcho's rasping shot which was heading into the top corner, and then to deny Ryazantsev at his near post.
  • 6

    To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.

    • Jesus prophesied that by the time the cock crowed, Peter would have denied him three times.
    • the falsehood of denying his opinion
  • 7

    obsoleteTo refuse (to do or accept something).

    • if you deny to dance

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