defy的中文翻译是什么意思
defy
v. 违抗; 激; 经受住; 难以（描述或理解）
defy的柯林斯释义
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.
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.
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.
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.
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。
defy的英文释义
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!
defy的同义词辨析
oppose, defy, withstand, resist
这些动词均含有"反抗，抵抗"之意。
defy的场景例句
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.