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defying是什么意思？

defying

v. 不服从( defy的现在分词 )，公然反抗，蔑视，向…挑战；

例句

Yet Kissinger succeeded in defying an old Washington dictum that you can have in the capital visibility or influence,but not both. 在华盛顿有一条传统格言：要么抛头露面，要么得势弄权，二者不可兼得。基辛格却公然蔑视这种传统。
After that, life became a matter of defying school rules. 从那以后，生活便成了处处与校规作对。
Yet Kissinger succeeded in defying an old Washington dictum that you can have in the capital visibility or influence, but not both. 在华盛顿有一条传统格言:要么抛头露面,要么得势弄权, 二者不可兼得. 基辛格却公然蔑视这种传统.
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。
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。
He was a handsome, debonair, death-defying racing-driver. 他是一位英俊潇洒、风流倜傥、敢于挑战死神的赛车手。
Others maintain the violence is apolitical and the perpetrators are just gangs bent on defying authority. 其他人坚称该暴力事件与任何政党无关，行凶者只是意欲反抗权威的一伙人。

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VERB

违抗;反抗;不服从

If you defy someone or something that is trying to make you behave in a particular way, you refuse to obey them and behave in that way.
例句
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。 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 you defy someone to do something, you challenge them to do it when you think that they will be unable to do it or too frightened to do it.
例句
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。 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 something defies description or understanding, it is so strange, extreme, or surprising that it is almost impossible to understand or explain.
例句
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。 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 someone defies their age, or defies the years, you mean that their appearance or behaviour suggests that they are younger than they really are.
例句
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。

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