中英互译
defy
英 /dɪˈfaɪ/美 /dɪˈfaɪ/
基本释义
- v.违抗,不服从;挑战,激;无法,难以(描述或理解);经受住,顶住
复数defies
第三人称单数defies
现在分词defying
过去式defied
过去分词defied
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词语例句
违抗,不服从vt.
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)胆敢违抗我母亲。
挑战,激vt.
I defy you to come up with one major accomplishment of the current president.
我倒要看看你能否举出现任董事长的一件主要成绩。
I defy you to do it.
我倒要看你敢不敢做。
无法,难以(描述或理解)vt.
It's a devastating and barbaric act that defies all comprehension.
这是毁灭性的野蛮行径,完全没有方法可理解。
经受住,顶住vt.
He defied all the odds and survived.
他九死一生活了下来。
- I wouldn't have dared to defy my teachers.我可不敢不听老师的话。来自《牛津词典》
- 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。来自《牛津词典》
- 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)胆敢违抗我母亲。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
相关短语
- defy sb.违抗......
- defy sb. to do sth.刺激某人做某事
- Defy the law以身试法;目无法纪;试着亲身去做触犯法令的事
- defy orders违抗命令;拒不接受命令
- defy death拼命;抵死
- Defy You反抗你;藐视你
- MOTO DEFY手机套;评测;怎么样;报价
词语扩展
词义分布
违抗
25.6%
挑战
20.5%
对抗
17.1%
无视
12.8%
藐视
8.5%
公然反抗
5.1%
挑衅
3.4%
不畏
3.4%
违拗
1.7%
不服从
1.7%
英英释义
- v.resist or confront with resistance
- v.elude, especially in a baffling way
- v.challenge
- v.to refuse to obey someone or something
违抗;反抗- This was the first time I defied my mother.这是我第一次违抗母亲。
词源
- defy违抗de-, 不,非,使相反。-fy, 同-fid, 相信,词源同faith, confident. 即不再相信,引申义违抗。