defying

英 [dɪˈfaɪɪŋ] 美 [dɪˈfaɪɪŋ]

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. Others maintain the violence is apolitical and the perpetrators are just gangs bent on defying authority.
    其他人坚称该暴力事件与任何政党无关，行凶者只是意欲反抗权威的一伙人。
  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。
  3. 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。
  4. After that, life became a matter of defying school rules
    从那以后，生活便成了处处与校规作对。
  5. Pro-Palestinian activists have sailed into the Gaza Strip defying an Israeli blockade.
    亲巴勒斯坦的活动分子驾船越过以色列的封锁线，进入加沙地带。
  6. Third, defying popular perception, the IMAC costs less than the XPS one.
    第三，与人们通常感觉不一样的是，imac的价格低于xpsone。
  7. They are all defying Caesar's decrees, saying that there is another king, one called Jesus.
    这些人都违背该撒的命令，说另有一个王耶稣。
  8. The attackers have awaited nightfall before setting out, defying a call for calm from the country's prime minister and damaging stores, schools, a police station and an arts and crafts centre in the four days of violence.
    攻击者无视瑞典首相呼吁冷静，在夜幕降临后出动。在四天的暴力行动中，一些商店和学校遭到破坏、一个警察局和一所工艺美术中心也被殃及。
  9. If you gobble me up, you are defying His Majesty's will.
    您如果吃了我，就是违抗天帝的命令。
  10. But so far, iPhone prices defying every known logic of gadgetry are not falling one bit.
    但迄今为止，iphone的价格未下降一分一毫，违背了电子产品的所有已知逻辑。
  11. The cultural conditions for defying Malthus were taking shape elsewhere too.
    挑战马尔萨斯理论的文化条件也在其它地方形成。
  12. I was keen to experience the excitement of defying gravity.
    我渴望体验对抗地球引力的快感。
  13. Defying his generals, Mr Rumsfeld sent too few troops to Iraq to pacify the country.
    拉姆斯菲尔德不把他的将军们放在眼里，只派了极少的军队赴伊拉克平定乱局。
  14. They imprisoned more than eight thousand people for defying segregation laws.
    他们以违抗隔离法为由囚禁了八千多人。
  15. However, Mr Liu suggested Apple was defying this logic.
    不过，柳传志暗示，苹果却无视这一逻辑。
  16. Defying protests at home and sanctions from Africa and the west, he triumphed in a referendum last August that the opposition boycotted.
    坦贾不顾国内抗议和非洲及西方国家的制裁，在去年8月的全民投票中获胜，此次投票遭到了反对派的抵制。
  17. The defying of logic and the introduction of absurd allegories give an interesting edge to his works.
    蔑视逻辑和抽象比喻的说明，这也成为他作品一种有趣的优势。
  18. He was going ahead defying all difficulties.
    他不顾一切困难勇往直前。
  19. The development of Chinese modern dance runs its special course from defying tradition to returning to tradition.
    中国现代舞近百年的发展，所走过的是一条从“反传统”到“返传统”的特色之路。
  20. Gunbattles in Gaza on Saturday defying a truce between the Fatah and Hamas factions.
    法塔赫和哈马斯两大派系，在当地时间星期五晚间宣布达成的新的停火协议。
  21. We have lessons to learn from the way China has developed-often defying development orthodoxy of the time.
    中国发展的方式有我们可以借鉴的地方，就是要敢于挑战正统的发展模式。
  22. Dimopoulos said many bar and cafe owners claimed to have lost customers to rivals defying the ban.
    他说，许多酒吧和咖啡馆业主称，他们的客户都被不遵守禁令的竞争对手抢走了。
  23. He delivered them many a time, but they went on defying him and sinking deeper into their sin.
    上主曾多次拯救他们，但他们仍是抗不从命，陷于自己罪恶的深坑。
  24. Are you defying certain laws of physics?
    你违背了某种自然规律？
  25. The world's biggest retailer is defying its critics by continuing to grow vigorously.
    这家世界头号零售公司在批评者的一片骂声中继续发展壮大。
  26. What are we to do? He's defying everyone.
    我们该怎么办？他蔑视每一个人。
  27. Yet financial institutions seem to be defying conventional theory.
    然而，金融机构似乎正在挑战这一传统理论。
  28. It's defying the law of gravity.
    这违背了万有引力定律。
  29. Defying sanctions, NKorea vows to make more nukes.
    挑战制裁，朝鲜发誓制造更多核武器。
  30. Perform death defying challenges and put your life on the line in Crash Car Mania.
    执行死刑不畏挑战，把你的生活就行撞车租车狂热。
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