Defy

[dɪ'faɪ] or ['difaɪ]

解释:

(verb.) challenge; 'I dare you!'.

(verb.) resist or confront with resistance; 'The politician defied public opinion'; 'The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear'; 'The bridge held'.

(verb.) elude, especially in a baffling way; 'This behavior defies explanation'.

海勒姆手打--From WordNet

解释:

(v. t.) To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce.

(v. t.) To provoke to combat or strife; to call out to combat; to challenge; to dare; to brave; to set at defiance; to treat with contempt; as, to defy an enemy; to defy the power of a magistrate; to defy the arguments of an opponent; to defy public opinion.

(n.) A challenge.

校对:马蒂

同义词及近义词：

v. a. [1]. Challenge, dare, bid defiance to, hurl defiance at.[2]. Brave, disregard, slight, scorn, spurn, despise, contemn, treat with contempt, trample on, set at naught, snap the fingers at.

录入:文斯

同义词及反义词：

SYN:Scorn, challenge, provoke, despite, brave,[See DARE]

录入:曼蒂

解释:

v.t. to challenge: to brave: (obs.) to discard dislike:—pr.p. defy′ing; pa.p. defied′.—n. (Dryden) a defiance.—n. Defī′er.

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