defied

英 [dɪˈfaɪd]

美 [dɪˈfaɪd]

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的过去分词和过去式

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

• Yet David Beckham defied expectations when he agreed to join the Galaxy.
  但在贝克汉姆同意加入洛杉矶银河的时候，他公然反抗了人们的预想。
• In the end, however, spendthrift consumers defied the government.
  然而，结果是挥霍无度的消费者公然和政府作对。
• They arrested hundreds who defied the new regulation.
  他们逮捕数百名抗拒新规定的民众。
• Both stood to lose all their convention delegates because they defied party rules by holding their primaries too early.
  两者都丧失了出席全国大会的代表资格，这是因为他们过早地举行了初选而触犯了党规。
• She defied the dying wishes of a great man.
  她公然违背一个伟大的人的意愿。
• This is the first time they have defied the developed world openly on this issue.
  这是发展中国家首次在这个问题上公开违抗发达国家的意愿。
• He defied Pope John Paul II by consecrating four bishops without his approval.
  他违抗教皇约翰·保罗二世的旨意，未经他的批准就给4位主教举行了祝圣仪式。
• If you wipe out I, but defied Celestial Ruler Supreme God's life today!
  今天你要是吃了我，就是违抗天帝的命啊！
• The warm blaze alone defied it.
  独有温暖的火焰敢和它对抗。
• They defied Jesus to come down from the cross immediately, thus avoiding death.
  他们挑战耶稣立刻从十字架上下来，因此可以不死。