defy是什么意思？

defy

英[dɪˈfaɪ] 美[dɪˈfaɪ]

• vt. 不服从，公然反抗，蔑视，向…挑战；
• n. 挑战，对抗；

第三人称单数：defies;

过去式：defied;

过去分词：defied;

现在分词：defying;

例句

• I defy anyone to disprove the defendant’s statements. 我倒要看看有没有人能对被告的陈述进行反驳。
• Feed by measure and defy physician. 饮食有节制，医生无用处。
• Throughout the weekend, Dr. Hew Len gave us tools for transformation, tools that totally defy intellectualism. 整个周末, 贺博士给了我们不少工具去转化, 都是些针对主知主义的工具.
• If you defy the law, you may find yourself in prison. 如果你不服从法律, 你就可能会坐牢.
• Her criteria defy analysis. 她的标准让人搞不明白。
• The towering pine and cypress trees defy frost and snow. 松柏参天傲霜雪.
• I promised myself I'd defy all the prophets of doom and battle back to fitness. 我发誓要打破所有的死亡预言，力争恢复健康。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。

同义词

• vt.
  defy的同义词之：公然反抗,蔑视
  disregard, ignore, confront, resist, disobey, challenge,
• defy的同义词之：其他释义
  ignore, confront, resist, challenge, trample, disregard, dare, disobey,

同义词解析

• 以下这些动词均含有"反抗，抵抗" 的意思
  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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  违抗;反抗;不服从
  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.
  例句
  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。
• VERB
  挑战;激;认为…不敢(或无法)（做）
  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.
  例句
  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。 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。
• VERB
  无法，难以(描述或理解)
  If something defies description or understanding, it is so strange, extreme, or surprising that it is almost impossible to understand or explain.
  例句
  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。 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。
• PHRASE
  看上去比实际年轻
  If you say that someone defies their age, or defies the years, you mean that their appearance or behaviour suggests that they are younger than they really are.
  例句
  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。

英汉词典释义

• vt.
  公然反抗
  He defied his opponents. 他公然反抗他的对手们。
  不服从; 不尊重
  If you defy the law, you may find yourself in prison. 如果你不服从法律, 你就可能会坐牢。
  有无法克服的困难
  His strange behaviour defies understanding. 他古怪的举止使人难以理解。 This defies to be explained. 这难以解释。

英英词典释义

• 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!"

行业词典

• 法律： 违抗；