| 单词 | defiant |
| 释义 | defiant (once / 275 pages) adj Have you ever seen a picture of a protester who is about to be carried off by police but is still shouting or resisting, fighting to the bitter end? That person is defiant. Someone who is defiant is bold, even in the face of defeat. A defiant person is usually fighting a powerful enemy. People who protest in countries controlled by dictators are defiant. Rosa Parks was defiant when she refused to give up her seat on the bus, even though the law at that time dictated that black people had to stand when whites needed a seat. Small children are defiant too, sometimes over nothing more than a request to share their toys. WORD FAMILYdefiant: defiance, defiantly+/defiance: defiances/defy: defiant, defied, defies, defying USAGE EXAMPLESBut there is more to her story than defiant ambition. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) Clark tried to look defiant, but her lip twitched, and she began to quietly weep. New York Times(Jan 12, 2012) Yet Senator de Lima remains defiant, insisting she will be vindicated, and calling now for international intervention to investigate the drug killings. BBC(Dec 28, 2016) adj boldly resisting authority or an opposing force brought up to be aggressive and defiant a defiant attitude Syn|Ant noncompliant insubordinate, resistant, resistive disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority obstreperousnoisily and stubbornly defiant recalcitrantmarked by stubborn resistance to authority difficult, unmanageablehard to control disobedientnot obeying or complying with commands of those in authority insubordinatenot submissive to authority intractablenot tractable; difficult to manage or mold unwillingnot disposed or inclined toward compliant disposed or willing to comply amenable, conformabledisposed or willing to comply lamblikelike a lamb in meekness and gentleness nonresistantoffering no resistance manageablecapable of being managed or controlled obedientdutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority manipulable, tractableeasily managed (controlled or taught or molded) willingdisposed or inclined toward |
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