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    defy /dɪˈfaɪ/ (defying,defied,defies)

  • 1. V-T If you defy someone or something that is trying to make you behave in a particular way, you refuse to obey them and behave in that way. 违抗

    This was the first (and last) time that I dared to defy my mother. 这是我第一次(也是最后一次)胆敢违抗我母亲。

  • 2. V-T If you defy someone to do something, you challenge them to do it when you think that they will be unable to do it or too frightened to do it. 向…挑战; 惹

    I defy you to come up with one major accomplishment of the current president. 我倒要看看你能否举出现任董事长的一件主要成绩。

  • 3. V-T If something defies description or understanding, it is so strange, extreme, or surprising that it is almost impossible to understand or explain. 使不可能 (理解或解释)[no passive, no cont]

    It's a devastating and barbaric act that defies all comprehension. 这是毁灭性的野蛮行径,完全没有方法可理解。

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剑桥词典

    to refuse to obey a person , decision , law , situation , etc.
    对抗;违抗;反抗
    It is rare to see children openly defying their teachers . 很少看见孩子公然跟老师作对。
    A few workers have defied the majority decision and gone into work despite the strike . 几个工人不顾大多数人的罢工决定自己去上工了。
    The fact that aircraft don't fall out of the sky always seems to me to defy (= act against) the law of gravity . 我总认为飞机没有从天上掉下来,是不符合万有引力定律的。
    A forest fire raging in southern California is defying (= is not changed by) all attempts to control it. 尽管采取了各种措施,加利福尼亚南部的一场森林大火依然在肆虐。
     defy belief/description/explanation
    to be extreme or very strange and therefore impossible to believe , describe , or explain
    (因过于极端或奇特而)让人无法相信/描述/解释
    The chaos at the airport defies description . 机场一片混乱,难以用语言形容。
     defy sb to do sth

    to tell someone to do something that you think will be impossible
    激,惹;向…挑战;
    I defy you to prove your accusations . 我倒要看看你能不能拿出证据来证实你的指控。
    I defy you to tell where I've painted over the scratch on my car . 你倒是给我指出来车的哪个地方因为有划痕而补过漆。

    例句
  • The mess in Bart's room defies description !
  • His remarkable recovery defied all medical augury .
  • In 1970 he defied the three-line whip against EC membership .
  • They defied convention by giving up their jobs and becoming self-sufficient .
  • Tom Cruise has performed his own stunts for Mission Impossible 2, defying warnings from professionals .
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