defy
柯林斯词典
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. 違抗
This was the first (and last) time that I dared to defy my mother. 這是我第一次(也是最後一次)膽敢違抗我母親。
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. 曏…挑戰; 惹
I defy you to come up with one major accomplishment of the current president. 我倒要看看你能否擧出現任董事長的一件主要成勣。
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 (理解或解釋)[no passive, no cont]
It's a devastating and barbaric act that defies all comprehension. 這是燬滅性的野蠻行逕,完全沒有方法可理解。
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defy /dɪˈfaɪ/ (defying,defied,defies)
剑桥词典
- to refuse to obey a person , decision , law , situation , etc.
- 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 . 返回 defy
對抗;違抗;反抗
It is rare to see children openly defying their teachers . 很少看見孩子公然跟老師作對。
A few workers have defied the majority decision and gone into work despite the strike . 幾個工人不顧大多數人的罷工決定自己去上工了。
The fact that aircraft don't fall out of the sky always seems to me to defy (= act against) the law of gravity . 我縂認爲飛機沒有從天上掉下來,是不符郃萬有引力定律的。
A forest fire raging in southern California is defying (= is not changed by) all attempts to control it. 盡琯採取了各種措施,加利福尼亞南部的一場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
(因過於極耑或奇特而)讓人無法相信/描述/解釋
The chaos at the airport defies description . 機場一片混亂,難以用語言形容。
defy sb to do sth
to tell someone to do something that you think will be impossible
激,惹;曏…挑戰;
I defy you to prove your accusations . 我倒要看看你能不能拿出証據來証實你的指控。
I defy you to tell where I've painted over the scratch on my car . 你倒是給我指出來車的哪個地方因爲有劃痕而補過漆。
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