| 词组 | gainsay |
| 释义 | gainsay This synonym for deny has a vaguely Shakespearean quality. Fowler 1926 classes it as a literary word, and he notes that it now usually occurs in negative contexts. Our evidence confirms his observation: • This is not to gainsay the boldness of his concepts — Henry Kamen, Times Literary Supp., 15 Oct. 1982 • ... he could not gainsay Krushchev's testimony — Robert C. Tucker, N.Y. Times Book Rev., 2 Jan. 1983 • There is no gainsaying such certainty of misinformation —John Algeo, in Greenbaum 1985 |
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