denial是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a statement that something is not true or does not exist -- 否認，否定

  • The CEO issued a denial of the report that she is about to resign. 執行長發表聲明，對她將辭職的報道予以否認。

  • [ + that ] Officials did not believe the runner's denial that he had taken drugs. 那位賽跑選手否認服藥，但官員們並不相信。

  • His denial of responsibility for the accident was unconvincing. 他否認自己對這場事故負有任何責任，但他的說法並不令人信服。

• 1 the fact of not allowing someone to do or have something -- 拒絕；剝奪

  • a gross denial of justice 對正義的粗暴踐踏

• 2 an unwillingness to accept that something unpleasant is true -- 拒絕相信；拒絕接受

  • He's still in denial about the break-up of his relationship. 他仍然無法接受他們分手的事實。

• 3 the situation in which someone behaves in a way that goes against their beliefs and what they think is right -- 違反，背叛（原則，信念）

  • If I did what you ask, it would be a denial of everything I stand for (= believe in). 如果我照你說的做了，那就等於背叛了我的信念。