defy

美 [dɪ'faɪ]

英 [dɪ'faɪ]

第三人称单数：defies 现在分词：defying 过去式：defied

搭配

v.+n.

defy authority,defy law,defy gravity

defy

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1.	~ sb/sth 违抗；反抗；蔑视to refuse to obey or show respect for sb in authority, a law, a rule, etc.

	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。

2.	~ belief, explanation, description, etc. 不可能，无法（相信、解释、描绘等）to be impossible or almost impossible to believe, explain, describe, etc.

	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。

3.	~ sth 经受住；顶住；抗住to successfully resist sth to a very unusual degree

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。