defy
英[dɪ'faɪ] 美[dɪ'faɪ]
"The politician defied public opinion"
"The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear"
"The bridge held"
"This behavior defies explanation"
"I dare you!"
1.违抗;反抗;不服从
If youdefy someone or something that is trying to make you behave in a particular way, you refuse to obey them and behave in that way.
defy
e.g. This was the first (and last) time that I dared todefy my mother...
这是我第一次(也是最后一次)胆敢反抗我的母亲。
e.g. Nearly eleven-thousand people have been arrested for defying the ban on street trading.
将近有1.1万人因为违抗禁止在街上摆摊交易的禁令而被捕。
2.挑战;激;认为…不敢(或无法)(做)
If youdefy someoneto 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.
e.g. Idefy you to come up with one major accomplishment of the current Prime Minister...
我敢说你讲不出现任首相的哪怕一项重大成就。
e.g. He looked at me as if he was defying me to argue.
他看着我,仿佛在激我与他争论。
3.无法,难以(描述或理解)
If somethingdefies description or understanding, it is so strange, extreme, or surprising that it is almost impossible to understand or explain.
defy是什么意思
e.g. When the flowers open in spring they fill the night air with a fragrance that defies description...
春天鲜花开放时,夜里的空气中会弥漫一种难以名状的香气。
e.g. It's a devastating and barbaric act that defies all comprehension.
这种行为野蛮凶残、令人震惊,简直是不可理喻。
4.看上去比实际年轻
If you say that someonedefies theirage, ordefies the years, you mean that their appearance or behaviour suggests that they are younger than they really are.
e.g. The singer continues todefy her age by wearing the scantiest of outfits.
那名女歌手依旧穿着非常暴露的服装,完全不似她这把岁数。
1. 蔑视:人类演进以去拥抱复合宇宙(multiverse),当它演进时,它发现了它的超宇宙以一些蔑视(defy)逻辑的方式,对人类心智来讲是可接取的(accessible). 这就是人类正要进入的舞台,而它不是在一种振动的显灵裡(in a vibratory epiphany)上升到一个更高的次元,
2. 不服从;藐视:cultivate 培养 |defy 不服从;藐视 | degenerate 退化
3. 违抗,不顾,挑激:defraud 欺骗,诈欺 |defy 违抗,不顾,挑激 | degenerate 恶化,变坏
The pine trees defy severe cold.
松树不畏严寒。
If you defy the law, you will be sent to prison.
如果你蔑视法律,你将被送入监狱。
He defined the order of the court.
他蔑视法庭的命令。
He won't allow anyone to defy his ministerial authority.
他不允许任何人挑衅他的教长权威。
They believe it is essential to defy convention.
他们认为反抗流俗是绝对必要的。
No boy should ever defy his parents.
小孩不应反抗他的父母。
I wouldn't have dared to defy my teachers.
我可不敢不听老师的话。
Hundreds of people today defied the ban on political gatherings.
今天有数百人违抗禁止政治集会的规定。
a political move that defies explanation
无法解释的政治举动
The beauty of the scene defies description.
景色之美简直难以描绘。
The baby boy defied all the odds and survived (= stayed alive when it seemed certain that he would die) .
这名男婴九死一生活了下来。
I defy anyone not to cry at the end of the film.
我倒要看看有谁在电影结尾时不哭。
The singer continues to defy her age by wearing the scantiest of outfits.
那名女歌手依旧穿着非常暴露的服装,完全不似她这把岁数。
It's a devastating and barbaric act that defies all comprehension.
这种行为野蛮凶残、令人震惊,简直是不可理喻。
When the flowers open in spring they fill the night air with a fragrance that defies description...
春天鲜花开放时,夜里的空气中会弥漫一种难以名状的香气。
He looked at me as if he was defying me to argue.
他看着我,仿佛在激我与他争论。
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)胆敢反抗我的母亲。
Nearly eleven-thousand people have been arrested for defying the ban on street trading.
将近有1.1万人因为违抗禁止在街上摆摊交易的禁令而被捕。
I defy you to come up with one major accomplishment of the current Prime Minister...
我敢说你讲不出现任首相的哪怕一项重大成就。
Let them do their worst! ( I defy them to do their worse! )
让他们蛮干好 啦 ( 我不相信他们敢蛮干 )!
The expansion of industry, communications and exchange will defy the imagination of past generations.
工业 、 交通和交换事业的发展,更是前人所不能设想的.
Time is finite and infinite. I defy the indefinite definition.
时间既是有限的又是无限的. 我公然对抗这个模糊的定义.
Conservatives would defy our efforts at bootstrap improvements.
保守派会蔑视我们从根本上变革的努力.
Just being with you feels like I can defy the whole world.
仅仅和你在在一起的感觉可以让我放弃全世界.
We defy them to saddle the blame on the miners.
我们抗议他们强迫矿工们接受指责.
They defy difficulties and advance wave upon wave.
他们不怕困难,前扑后继.
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 而无法精确定义的有机体.
The terrorists defy the government and successively practice the bombing activity.
恐怖组织蔑视政府,接连实施爆炸活动.
Neurological illnesses sometimes defy understanding, Dr. Lachance said and this seemed to be one of them.
Lachance博士说,神经系统疾患有时让人费解, 这个病,好像就是其中一例.
The towering pine and cypress trees defy frost and snow.
松柏参天傲霜雪.
I defy you to prove that I have cheated.
我敢说你不能证明我曾行骗.
Death defy the doctor.
死亡不畏医生.
The challenger with fierce defie His trumpet sounds.
出自:DrydenTh' infernal Serpent..Who durst defie th' Omnipotent to Arms.
出自:Milton