defies

英 [dɪˈfaɪz]

美 [dɪˈfaɪz]

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
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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

• 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。
• The case defies diagnosis.
  这种病症难以确诊。
• The roads here are quite a maze, criss-crossing one another in a fashion that at times defies logic.
  这里的道路如迷宫般纵横交错，有时让人摸不着头脑。
• The occasion defies description.
  当时的情景非言语所能形容。
• We are in an age that habitually defies the easy assumptions of the old order.
  在我们所处的这个时代，旧秩序的那些简单假设常常受到现实的挑战。
• His strange behaviour defies understanding.
  他的怪异行为使人难以理解。
• Usually, generosity rewards an ethical awareness that defies the common obsessions with stinginess and corrupt gifts.
  通常.普通人追求吝啬和贿赂的礼物，慷慨使一种伦理意识抗拒这种追求。
• I don't buy it because it defies logic!
  我不买，是因为它违背逻辑！
• She defies the difficulty, but the song is not bend;
  她不畏艰难，曲而不折；
• But the scale of stupidity and greed at the big banks defies belief.
  但大型银行之愚蠢和贪婪是对信念的挑战。