- (对权势的公然)违抗,反对,对抗;不服从;藐视,蔑视;对…满不在乎,不顾:
to defy parental authority
公然违抗家长的权威
They believe it is essential to defy convention.
他们认为对抗流俗是绝对必要的。
- 顶得住,经受得起:
The plane defied the laws of gravity.
这架飞机经受住了引力定律。
- 使成为不可能,使不能,使落空,把…难倒;足以抵御:
The puzzle defied solution.
这个谜无法解。
a fort that defies attack
一座难以攻破的堡垒
- 挑,惹,激(某人)做(或证明)某事:
She defied him to prove her guilty.
她量他不敢证明她有罪。
She defied him to dive off the bridge.
她激他从桥上跳入水中。
- [古语]激(人)战斗(或竞争)
- [古语]向…挑战