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
defy的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB 违抗;反抗;不服从
  If youdefysomeone 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。
• VERB 挑战;激;认为…不敢(或无法)（做）
  If youdefysomeonetodo 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。
• VERB 无法，难以(描述或理解)
  If somethingdefiesdescription 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。
• PHRASE 看上去比实际年轻
  If you say that someonedefiestheirage, ordefies 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。

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。