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

• The development of Chinese modern dance runs its special course from defying tradition to returning to tradition.
  中国现代舞近百年的发展，所走过的是一条从“反传统”到“返传统”的特色之路。
• The cultural conditions for defying Malthus were taking shape elsewhere too.
  挑战马尔萨斯理论的文化条件也在其它地方形成。
• They are all defying Caesar's decrees, saying that there is another king, one called Jesus.
  这些人都违背该撒的命令，说另有一个王耶稣。
• Are you defying certain laws of physics?
  你违背了某种自然规律？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Third, defying popular perception, the IMAC costs less than the XPS one.
  第三，与人们通常感觉不一样的是，imac的价格低于xpsone。
• 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。
• 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。