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

• 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。
• 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。
• Are you defying certain laws of physics?
  你违背了某种自然规律？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。