deny

di'nai

四级六级考研托福雅思 Collins 4

v. declare untrue; contradict
v. refuse to accept or believe
v. refuse to grant, as of a petition or request
v. refuse to let have

v. 否认, 拒绝

Collins 星级

Oxford 级别

1,258

BNC 频率

1,406

使用频率

deny 的词根是 ne-，表示否定。可以联想到 negative（否定的）一词，帮助记忆其否定的含义。

例句

1. She denied that she had taken the money.

她否认她拿了那笔钱。

2. He tried to deny his mistakes, but everyone saw what he did.

他试图否认自己的错误，但每个人都看到了他所做的。

3. The company denied the rumors about layoffs.

公司否认了关于裁员的传闻。