defies

英 [dɪˈfaɪz] 美 [dɪˈfaɪz]

v.  违抗; 反抗; 蔑视; 不可能，无法(相信、解释、描绘等); 经受住; 顶住; 抗住
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  1. 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.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。
  2. 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.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。
  3. 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.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。
  4. 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.
    1. 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。
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双语例句

  1. The roads here are quite a maze, criss-crossing one another in a fashion that at times defies logic.
    这里的道路如迷宫般纵横交错，有时让人摸不着头脑。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。
  4. We were in a disaster situation that defies description.
    我们陷入了难以言表的糟糕处境。
  5. There can be a magic about love that defies all explanation
    爱情的魔力也许根本无法解释。
  6. The case defies diagnosis.
    这种病症难以确诊。
  7. The occasion defies description.
    当时的情景非言语所能形容。
  8. The beauty of the scenery along the Lijiang River defies description.
    漓江之美难以用语言来描画。
  9. In some ways, the Option type, or Option [ T], defies description.
    在某些方面，Option类型或Option[T]，并不重视描述。
  10. It defies any code of morality.
    这种行为无视任何道德准则。
  11. A positive answer to the first question defies intuition.
    对第一个问题的肯定回答违背了直观知识。
  12. I don't buy it because it defies logic!
    我不买，是因为它违背逻辑！
  13. But the scale of stupidity and greed at the big banks defies belief.
    但大型银行之愚蠢和贪婪是对信念的挑战。
  14. This behavior defies explanation.
    这种行为不服从解释。
  15. Usually, generosity rewards an ethical awareness that defies the common obsessions with stinginess and corrupt gifts.
    通常.普通人追求吝啬和贿赂的礼物，慷慨使一种伦理意识抗拒这种追求。
  16. This is a strong fort which defies attack.
    这是一个坚固的堡垒，可以抵御攻击。
  17. As ever, capitalism defies logic but somehow still seems to work.
    与以往任何时候一样，资本主义不合逻辑，但不知为何看起来仍然有效。
  18. His strange behaviour defies understanding.
    他的怪异行为使人难以理解。
  19. His fiction defies classification, often blending thrillers or gothic tales with romance, horror and even science fiction.
    他的小说拒斥传统文学形式的划分，往往把惊悚、哥特故事与浪漫、恐怖甚或科幻小说结合起来。
  20. Its allure defies time and borders.
    它的魅力不受时间和国界的限制。
  21. We are in an age that habitually defies the easy assumptions of the old order.
    在我们所处的这个时代，旧秩序的那些简单假设常常受到现实的挑战。
  22. She defies the difficulty, but the song is not bend;
    她不畏艰难，曲而不折；
  23. The incident was so extreme, it almost defies description.
    这是一个如此极端的事件，简直无法形容。
  24. His joy defies utterance.
    他有说不出的快乐。
  25. Dim sum is a curious term that defies direct translation into English but means something like touch the heart.
    点心是个很奇怪的词汇，无法直译成英文，但其大致意思是触及心灵。
  26. Calls for regime change will thus help Syria, as Mr Assad defies the West with ease.
    因此，推翻现有政权的呼声必将有利于阿萨德政府，因为阿萨德反抗西方会很容易。
  27. This behavior defies explanation. disobedient to or defiant of law.
    这种行为不服从解释。不服从或蔑视法律的。
  28. I wouldn't say crazy but some behavior defies my logic.
    我不会说，但有些疯狂的行为无视我的逻辑。
  29. But the market defies most rational analysis.
    但是市场蔑视最为理性的分析。
  30. Dionysus symbolised the dynamic stream of life, which knows no restraints or barriers and defies all limitations.
    酒神狄俄尼索斯象征有活力的生命溪流，没有约束与障碍，挑战所有限制。
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