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defy

英 [dɪ'faɪ] 美['difaɪ]

英英释义同义词辨析实用场景例句

vt. 藐视；公然反抗；挑衅；使落空
n. 挑战；对抗

实用场景例句

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.

同义词辨析

oppose, defy, withstand, resist

这些动词均含有"反抗，抵抗"之意。

oppose：普通用词，可表不同程度的抵抗。

defy：指公开地、勇敢地反对或抵抗，有时含公然挑衅之意。

withstand：较正式用词，指坚强地抵抗攻击或压力，有时也指抗住影响或吸引力。

resist：指积极地反抗一种攻击或暴力，或诱惑。