deny

英 [dɪ'naɪ] 美 [dɪ'naɪ]

• vt. 否认；拒绝承认；拒绝给予；自制

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 否认知情

   say that one knows nothing about

2. vt. 拒绝

   refuse; disown

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 不给与，拒绝给予
2. 不接受，拒绝接受
3. 推卸
4. 摒弃
5. 谢绝（宾客）
6. 否认，否定
7. 节制，戒绝，克制
8. 拒绝...的要求
9. 否认...是自己的，不承认，拒绝承认
10. 否认与...有关系，否认同自己有关系
11. 否认知情
12. 拒绝
13. 反驳
14. 拒绝相信
15. 抵制

英英释义

Verb:

1. declare untrue; contradict;

   "He denied the allegations"
   "She denied that she had taken money"
   

2. refuse to accept or believe;

   "He denied his fatal illness"
   

3. refuse to grant, as of a petition or request;

   "The dean denied the students' request for more physics courses"
   "the prisoners were denied the right to exercise for more than 2 hours a day"
   

4. refuse to let have;

   "She denies me every pleasure"
   "he denies her her weekly allowance"
   

5. deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure;

   "She denied herself wine and spirits"
   

6. deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit

7. refuse to recognize or acknowledge;

   "Peter denied Jesus"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. He is not trustworthy, but at the same time, we cannot deny that he is clever.
   他不可信赖,然而我们不能否认他很聪明。
2. He denied that it was his fault.
   他拒不承认这是他的过错。
3. I was denied the chance of going to university.
   我得不到上大学的机会。
4. We should try to deny ourselves from indulging in computer games.
   我们应该尽力克制自己,不使自己沉溺于电脑游戏。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. Peter denied Christ.
   彼得不认基督。
2. Atheists deny the existence of God.
   无神论者否认上帝的存在。
3. He denied the signature.
   他否认这是他的签名。
4. The officer denied any knowledge of their plans.
   那个官员否认了解他们的计划。
5. The court denied his request for a new trial.
   法院拒绝了他的复审要求。
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6. That could not be denied.
   那不能被否认。
7. Our request was denied.
   我们的要求被谢绝了。

S+～+ v -ing

1. She denied having written to him.
   她否认给他写过信。
2. He denied knowing anything about their plans.
   他否认知悉他们的计划。
3. Green denied doing anything illegal.
   格林否认干过任何非法的事。

S+～+that-clause

1. She denied that she had been there.
   她否认她以前去过那里。
2. He denied that he had told me.
   他否认他曾告诉过我。
3. He denied that the statement was true.
   他不承认这话是真的。
4. I do not deny that is a serious blow.
   我不否认那是个严重的打击。

用作双宾动词

S+～+ pron./n. + n./pron.

1. He denied me any help while I was doing the work.
   当我正在工作的时候,他拒绝给予我任何帮助。
2. He denied his wife nothing.
   他对妻子有求必应。
3. He denied the students a chance to speak.
   他不给学生们讲话的机会。
4. Wanda's defence denied Taishan the winning goal.
   万达队的防守使泰山队无法赢球。
5. He had to deny himself many of the comforts of life.
   他必须放弃自己生活上的许多享受。

用作宾补动词

S+～+ n./pron. +to pron./n.

1. He denied the money to his son.
   他拒绝给儿子钱。

S+～+ n./pron. +(to be) n./adj.

1. She denies him to be her husband.
   她否认他是她的丈夫。
2. He denied it to be the case.
   他否认这是事实。
3. Do you deny this to be your writing?
   你否认这是你的笔迹吗?
4. She denied the matter to be true.
   她否认那件事是真的。

经典引文

• Jones could not deny the charge.

  出自： Henry Fielding

• I beg leave to deny this to be law.

  出自： W. Cruise

• My client denies that he struck him.

  出自： S. Bellow

• We have, I can't deny, had a lot of trouble with him.

  出自： R. P. Jhabvala

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

deny oneself (v.+pron.)

节俭自己的(开销等) be unselfish, especially in not having sth

deny to (v.+prep.)

拒绝让(某人)得到 refuse to allow (sth) to given to (sb)
deny to sb that-clause
The prisoner denied to the police that he had taken part in the robbery.

该犯向警方否认他参与了这起抢劫案。 deny sth to sb
The university rules deny entry to large numbers of clever students.

大学的种种规定把很多聪明的学生拒于校门之外。
A fair chance in life is denied to many children.

许多孩子得不到平等机会。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• deny fact〔the truth〕 否认事实
• deny one's faith 否认自己有信心
• deny having done so 否定已经那样做了
• deny oneself 自制,放弃
• deny a possibility 否定可能性
• deny report 否认报告
• deny a statement 否认所说的

～+副词

• deny categorically 直截了当地否认
• deny completely 全部否认
• deny curtly 唐突地否认
• deny emphatically 坚决地拒绝
• deny flatly 断然否认
• deny hotly 强烈地否认
• deny indignantly 愤慨地否认
• deny obstinately 顽固地拒绝
• deny stoutly 坚决否认
• deny strongly 矢口否认
• deny vehemently 激烈地否认
• deny vigorously 有魄力地否定
• deny wholly 完全否定

～+介词

• deny oneself to sb 拒绝见某人
• deny oneself to all visitors 谢绝一切来客

词语用法

1. deny所在的句子在句子结构不同下也可表示相同的意思。

   He denies her nothing.
   他对她没有否认任何东西。

2. deny后面接名词或动名词作宾语，不接动词不定式。

   He denied having done so.
   他否认自己这样做过。

3. deny后面也可以接that引导的从句。

   He denied that she was to blame.
   他否认她有过失。

v. (动词)

1. deny的基本意思是“否认知情”“否定”,即认为某事不真实、站不住脚、不值得考虑或与事实不符。引申可作“拒绝,谢绝”解。
2. deny是及物动词,作“否认”解时,可接名词、代词、动名词或that从句作宾语,但一般不接动词不定式作宾语。引申作“拒绝给予”解时,可接双宾语,其间接宾语可转化为介词to的宾语。
3. deny接反身代词作宾语时,意为“舍弃”。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

deny, disavow, disclaim

• 这组词都含有“否认”的意思。其区别是：
• deny着重陈述某事是不真实的或不准确的; disclaim着重否认和所述的事有牵连; disavow着重否认曾经参与或知道所述的事情或拒绝对某事承担责任。

deny, contravene, gainsay, impugn, negative, traverse

• 这组词都表示“否认”“否定”。其区别是：
• deny指坚决地、直率地拒绝接受、给予或承认; gainsay强调“反对”,多指与对方就对方的话的真实性进行辩论,为正式或文学用语; negative指拒绝同意某事,语气比较温和。traverse主要指法律上的正式的否定。impugn侧重辩论、反问、诘难,这种辩论的时间往往持续很长,多用于陈述、建议等,少用于人。contravene强调彼此的冲突,但不侧重有意地反对。

contradict，deny，oppose，refute

• 这些动词都含“否定，否认”，“反驳，反对”之意。
• contradict指肯定地否认、反对或反驳某事，坚持相反的意见。
• deny普通用词，侧重否认意见或言论的真实性，尤指否定他人的指控或责难。
• oppose普通的广泛用词。指不作争论或不提出论据而无理由地反对；也指任何温和、有理由的反对或否定。
• refute语气较强，强调凭推理或证据驳斥一项主张或言论。

refuse，decline，reject，repel，deny

• 这些动词均含“拒绝”之意。
• refuse语气较重，指态度坚决，肯定无疑的拒绝。
• decline指婉言谢绝他人的帮助或邀请等。
• reject多指由于某物某事某行为不能让人满意而被当面直截了当地拒绝，与之相近的是spurn，鄙弃之意。
• repel作“拒绝”解时，语气比reject强。
• deny指否认（观点）。

词源解说

• ☆ 1300年左右进入英语，直接源自古法语的denier；最初源自拉丁语的denegare：de (分开） + negare (拒绝），意为分开拒绝。

近反义词

【近义词】

• contradict 反驳
• refute 驳斥
• reject 拒绝
• renounce 声明放弃
• repudiate 拒绝
• refuse 拒绝
• disagree 不同意
• disallow 驳回
• block 街区
• forbid 禁止
• prevent 预防
• dispute 争论
• forgo 放弃
• disavow 否认
• disown 否认
• abjure 发誓弃绝
• forswear 发誓放弃
• controvert 议论
• prohibit 禁止
• except 除了 ... 之外...
• withhold 抑制
• spurn 轻蔑地拒绝
• rebuff 断然拒绝
• negative 否定的
• disclaim 放弃
• veto 否决
• oppose 反对
• gainsay 否认
• impugn 责难
• abnegate 放弃
• decline 下降
• repel 排斥
• traverse 横贯

【反义词】

• affirm 证实
• acknowledge 承认
• confirm 证实
• admit 承认
• allow 允许
• concede 承认