| 单词 | defy |
| 释义 | defy (once / 164 pages) v To defy is to openly refuse to do something. You can defy the no-costumes-in-class rule if you wear your fairy wings to school, but just don’t try to defy the laws of gravity unless you can actually fly. If you deliberately break a rule or ignore an order, you defy, or resist, that rule. The word defy comes from the Latin word disfidare for "renounce one's faith." So if you're expected to be faithful to a certain law or rule but you refuse to be, you defy it. There are different ways to defy — defy your parents by staying out past curfew, or defy common sense by walking in with shoes on your head. WORD FAMILYdefy: defiant, defied, defies, defying+/defiance: defiances/defiant: defiance, defiantly USAGE EXAMPLESAs a ubiquitous, cross-border commons, it often defies notions of state sovereignty. Economist(Nov 03, 2016) The wolf hunt issue is just one example of a larger trend in which elected officials defy the will of the people who elected them. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) They suspect that Trump, despite his self-evident indiscipline, may prove to be a popular and consequential President, defying his critics—many of them conservative. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) 1v resist or confront with resistance The politician defied public opinion Syn|Hypo|Hyper hold, hold up, withstand brave, brave out, endure, weather face and withstand with courage hold out, resist, stand firm, withstand stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something 2v challenge Syn|Hypo|Hyper dare brazen face with defiance or impudence challenge issue a challenge to 3v elude, especially in a baffling way This behavior defies explanation Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper refuse, resist apply, lend oneself be applicable to; as to an analysis apply, go for, holdbe pertinent or relevant or applicable beggar be beyond the resources of elude, escape be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by |
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