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这些人的故事颠覆了中国在非洲给人们留下的两大虚幻印象：一，中国在非洲完全是为了大宗商品；二，中国人在非洲是步调一致的。

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Their stories belie two myths about China in Africa: that it’s all about commodities, and that China moves as one.

be·lie (b-l)
tr.v. be·lied, be·ly·ing, be·lies
1. To give a false representation to; misrepresent: "He spoke roughly in order to belie his air of gentility" (James Joyce).
2. To show to be false; contradict: Their laughter belied their outward grief.

 

com·mod·i·ty /kəˈmɑ:dəti/ noun
plural com·mod·i·ties
 
[count] 1: something that is bought and sold
▪ agricultural commodities like grain and corn
▪ Oil is a commodity in high demand.
▪ commodity prices

2: something or someone that is useful or valued
▪ Patience is a rare commodity
▪ an actor who is a hot commodity [=who is very popular] in Hollywood right now