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defyBrE /dɪˈfaɪ/NAmE /dɪˈfaɪ/ verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they defy BrE /dɪˈfaɪ/ NAmE /dɪˈfaɪ/present simple - he / she / it defies BrE /dɪˈfaɪz/ NAmE /dɪˈfaɪz/past simple defied BrE /dɪˈfaɪd/ NAmE /dɪˈfaɪd/past participle defied BrE /dɪˈfaɪd/ NAmE /dɪˈfaɪd/ -ing form defying BrE /dɪˈfaɪɪŋ/ NAmE /dɪˈfaɪɪŋ/defy verbdefiance noundefiant adjective~ sb/sthto refuse to obey or show respect for sb in authority, a law, a rule, etc. 违抗；反抗；蔑视◆I wouldn't have dared to defy my teachers. 我可不敢不听老师的话。◆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。~ belief, explanation, description, etc. to be impossible or almost impossible to believe, explain, describe, etc. 不可能，无法（相信、解释、描绘等）◆a political move that defies explanation 无法解释的政治举动◆The beauty of the scene defies description. 景色之美简直难以描绘。~ sthto successfully resist sth to a very unusual degree 经受住；顶住；抗住◆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。 ●I defy you/anyone to do sthused to say that sb should try to do sth, as a way of emphasizing that you think it is impossible to do it 激，挑动（某人尽力做你认为不可能的事）◆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。 |