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基本釋義

v.
違抗; 激; 經(jīng)受住; 難以(描述或理解)

詞性變化

實用例句

I wouldn't have dared to defy my teachers.

我可不敢不聽老師的話。

牛津詞典

Hundreds of people today defied the ban on political gatherings.

今天有數(shù)百人違抗禁止政治集會的規(guī)定。

牛津詞典

a political move that defies explanation

無法解釋的政治舉動

牛津詞典

The beauty of the scene defies description.

景色之美簡直難以描繪。

牛津詞典

The baby boy defied all the odds and survived (= stayed alive when it seemed certain that he would die) .

這名男嬰九死一生活了下來。

牛津詞典

I defy anyone not to cry at the end of the film.

我倒要看看有誰在電影結(jié)尾時不哭。

牛津詞典

The singer continues to defy her age by wearing the scantiest of outfits.

那名女歌手依舊穿著非常暴露的服裝,完全不似她這把歲數(shù)。

It's a devastating and barbaric act that defies all comprehension.

這種行為野蠻兇殘、令人震驚,簡直是不可理喻。

When the flowers open in spring they fill the night air with a fragrance that defies description...

春天鮮花開放時,夜里的空氣中會彌漫一種難以名狀的香氣。

He looked at me as if he was defying me to argue.

他看著我,仿佛在激我與他爭論。

This was the first (and last) time that I dared to defy my mother...

這是我第一次(也是最后一次)膽敢反抗我的母親。

Nearly eleven-thousand people have been arrested for defying the ban on street trading.

將近有1.1萬人因為違抗禁止在街上擺攤交易的禁令而被捕。

I defy you to come up with one major accomplishment of the current Prime Minister...

我敢說你講不出現(xiàn)任首相的哪怕一項重大成就。

Let them do their worst! ( I defy them to do their worse! )

讓他們蠻干好 啦 ( 我不相信他們敢蠻干 )!

辭典例句

The expansion of industry, communications and exchange will defy the imagination of past generations.

工業(yè) 、 交通和交換事業(yè)的發(fā)展,更是前人所不能設想的.

期刊摘選

Time is finite and infinite. I defy the indefinite definition.

時間既是有限的又是無限的. 我公然對抗這個模糊的定義.

期刊摘選

Conservatives would defy our efforts at bootstrap improvements.

保守派會蔑視我們從根本上變革的努力.

期刊摘選

Just being with you feels like I can defy the whole world.

僅僅和你在在一起的感覺可以讓我放棄全世界.

期刊摘選

We defy them to saddle the blame on the miners.

我們抗議他們強迫礦工們接受指責.

期刊摘選

They defy difficulties and advance wave upon wave.

他們不怕困難,前撲后繼.

辭典例句

Members of a group of mostly aquatic, photosynthetic organisms ( see photosynthesis ) that defy precise definition.

一群主要是水生的 、 能行 光合作用 而無法精確定義的有機體.

期刊摘選

The terrorists defy the government and successively practice the bombing activity.

恐怖組織蔑視政府,接連實施爆炸活動.

期刊摘選

Neurological illnesses sometimes defy understanding, Dr. Lachance said and this seemed to be one of them.

Lachance博士說,神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)疾患有時讓人費解, 這個病,好像就是其中一例.

期刊摘選

The towering pine and cypress trees defy frost and snow.

松柏參天傲霜雪.

《簡明英漢詞典》

I defy you to prove that I have cheated.

我敢說你不能證明我曾行騙.

辭典例句

Death defy the doctor.

死亡不畏醫(yī)生.

期刊摘選

英英釋義

Verb
  • 1. resist or confront with resistance;

    "The politician defied public opinion"

    "The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear"

    "The bridge held"

  • 2. elude, especially in a baffling way;

    "This behavior defies explanation"

  • 3. challenge;

    "I dare you!"

同義詞辨析

oppose, defy, withstand, resist

這些動詞均含有"反抗,抵抗"之意。

  • oppose: 普通用詞,可表不同程度的抵抗。
  • defy: 指公開地、勇敢地反對或抵抗,有時含公然挑釁之意。
  • withstand: 較正式用詞,指堅強地抵抗攻擊或壓力,有時也指抗住影響或吸引力。
  • resist: 指積極地反抗一種攻擊或暴力,或誘惑。

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