defy是什么意思_音标_用法_例句

简单释义：

v. 蔑视；违抗；反抗；无法（相信、解释、描绘等）

网络 藐视；公然反抗；向…挑战

变形：

第三人称单数：defies  现在分词：defying  过去式：defied  

完整释义：

v.

1.蔑视,藐视,不顾,公然反抗
2.公然反抗;声言不惜以武力相对:
3.公开反抗,反抗,和…对抗
4.挑衅;蔑视
5.挑,激
6.向…挑战,向…叫阵
7.使不能,使落空
8.难以表示;通过…难以
9.违背;不能采用
10.昂然不惧;顶得住;顶…冒…

n.

1.挑战

例句：

1. Germany cannot defy the gravity that has pulled much of the EU region close to recession, and some parts of it to negative GDP growth.
   德国不能否认这重力，它已经把欧洲很多地区接近于不景气，其中一些地区到GDP的负增长。

2. I defy even Sir William Lucas himself to produce a more valuable son-in-law.
   我敢说，连卢卡斯爵士也未必拿得出一个更名贵的女婿。

3. but I think I may defy even your sagacity, to discover the name of your admirer.
   可是即使以你这样的机灵，我看你还是猜不出你那位爱人姓甚名谁。

4. He was also loath to have an alien among the ranks of the Grand Admirals, such as Thrawn, though he never attempted to defy Palpatine.
   他同样反感一个异种人出现在他所在的帝国元帅之列，比如索龙，虽然如此，他却从来没有试着反对帕尔帕丁。

5. The craze seems to defy sales patterns and common sense elsewhere, especially for a dog that is common and is known for being fierce.
   这种狂热似乎与其他地方的销售模式和常规相违背，尤其是对于一种以凶猛而著称的普通狗来说。

6. In Antigone we see a woman who will defy human law , and die for it , rather than transgress the eternal , unwritten laws of the gods.
   正在安提歌僧，我们睹到一个将会鄙视人类的法令，并且为它死，并不是违犯神的永久又出有写法令的女人。

7. I defy anyone to walk out of a brothel or to walk out of an orphanage leaving those people behind.
   我蔑视任何走出妓院，走出孤儿院就将那些受害的人们遗忘的人。

8. She made a bet that she could defy the credit crunch and live on just one pound a day for a year.
   她打赌自己可以和信贷紧缩抗争——1天只花1英镑并且持续一年的时间。