defy

verb

1. 违抗；反抗；蔑视
   to refuse to obey or show respect for sb in authority, a law, a rule, etc.
   1. I wouldn't have dared to defy my teachers.
      我可不敢不听老师的话。
   2. 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. 不可能，无法（相信、解释、描绘等）
   to be impossible or almost impossible to believe, explain, describe, etc.
   1. a political move that defies explanation
      无法解释的政治举动
   2. The beauty of the scene defies description.
      景色之美简直难以描绘。
3. 经受住；顶住；抗住
   to successfully resist sb/sth to a very unusual degree
   1. 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。

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。

1. Her criteria defy analysis
   她的标准让人搞不明白。
2. Despite her wish to defy convention, she had become pregnant and married at 21.
   尽管她不想遵循传统习俗，但她还是在21岁的时候就怀孕并且结婚了。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. 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。
8. 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。
9. 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。
10. 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。
11. Fierce-browed, I coolly defy a thousand pointing fingers; headbowed, like a willing ox I serve the children.
    横眉冷对千夫指，俯首甘为孺子牛。
12. Criminals defy the law.
    罪犯无视法律。
13. We worn them that their actions will have consequences, but still they defy us.
    我们警告他们，他们的所作所为会有后果，但他们仍然不予理睬。
14. Its processes ( such as they are) defy automation.
    其流程对自动化构成了挑战。
15. The situations I have encountered certainly defy my imagination, and deserve a good laugh.
    我所遇到的情形与我想象中的完全不一样，值得哈哈大笑一番。
16. I defy you to watch that and not cry.
    我不相信有人能看了还不哭的。
17. I defy you to prove that I have cheated.
    我敢说你不能证明我曾挑动过此事。
18. And I defy you to hurt him when I am by, and I defy you to frighten me!
    当我在旁边的时候，我不怕你伤害他，我也不怕你吓唬我！
19. I defy you to prove otherwise.
    我倒要看看你能不能从别的方面证明。
20. Dad will be really angry if you defy him again.
    如果你再违抗爸爸，他真要动怒了。
21. In the mobile world we have devices that require us to defy those practices.
    在移动世界，我们有设备要求我们挑战这些实践。
22. Ignorance or overconfidence allows us to defy gravity for a while, but not forever.
    无知或自负会让我们暂时摆脱地心引力，但不会永远如此。
23. And that it's a sin to defy him?
    难道违抗他就是一种罪恶？
24. What kind of man would defy a king?
    这是个什么样的人会违抗国王？
25. I think you were brave to defy convention.
    我认为你敢于反抗传统习俗是很勇敢的。
26. We have this instinctual response to people who defy social conventions in a way that threatens the group.
    我们对于公然反抗社会传统，威胁到群体的人会有这种本能的反应。
27. Defy I would not dare defy your orders.
    我是不敢违抗你的命令的。
28. You were very courageous to defy convention.
    你勇气十足敢于蔑视社会习俗。
29. We defy death, not to speak of hardship and difficulties.
    我们死都不怕，更不用说艰难困苦了。
30. Will you defy your father and your queen?
    你要违抗你的父亲和女王？

  defy disobey flout【导航词义：违抗】

  defy v. 违抗

〔辨析〕指违抗法律或规则，也可以指拒不服从有权威者。

  disobey v. 不服从，违反

〔辨析〕指不服从上级命令或不遵守法律、规定等。

  flout v. 公然藐视，违抗

〔辨析〕指公然违抗法律、规定、纪律等。

v.

I defy you/anyone to do sth

• 激，挑动（某人尽力做你认为不可能的事）
  used to say that sb should try to do sth, as a way of emphasizing that you think it is impossible to do it
  1. I defy anyone not to cry at the end of the film.
     我倒要看看有谁在电影结尾时不哭。

verb

1. challenge
   1. I dare you!

   Synonym:    dare

2. resist or confront with resistance
   1. The politician defied public opinion
   2. The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear
   3. The bridge held

   Synonym:    withstandholdhold up

3. elude, especially in a baffling way
   1. This behavior defies explanation

   Synonym:    resistrefuse