Defiance
[dɪ'faɪəns]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a defiant act.
(noun.) intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude.
(noun.) a hostile challenge.
克利福德整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of defying, putting in opposition, or provoking to combat; a challenge; a provocation; a summons to combat.
(n.) A state of opposition; willingness to flight; disposition to resist; contempt of opposition.
(n.) A casting aside; renunciation; rejection.
手打:波莉
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Daring, challenge, invitation to combat.[2]. Contempt, opposition, spite, despite.
手打:凯西
同義詞及反義詞：
[See DEFERENCE]
伊米莉亚整理
解釋/意思:
n. the act of defying: a challenge to combat: aggressiveness: contempt of opposition.—adj. Defī′ant full of defiance insolently bold.—adv. Defī′antly.—n. Defī′antness.—adj. Defī′atory bidding defiance.—Bid defiance to to defy.
整理:理查德
例句/造句/用法:
- There was something positively exasperating in Bertha's attitude of isolated defiance. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Mr. Pickwick returned the glare, concentrated into a focus by means of his spectacles, and breathed a bold defiance. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- He'd set 'em at defiance if they talked of committing him, Sir. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- There was a sort of sulky defiance in her eyes, which only goes with guilty knowledge. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Instead of withdrawing with dignity, as he might still have done, he threw down the gauntlet of defiance. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- It's their armour, he thought, their defence against the unknown, and their defiance of it. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- George saw, at once, the force of this defiance. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Terrible emphasis was laid upon 'thing' and 'fellow'; and the faces of both editors began to glow with defiance. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- She turned with an air of satirical defiance to little Jacob, and began to question him directly. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I do it for Mr. Hale; I do it in defiance of her. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- His face, voice, and manner--while I was in his company--were under such perfect control that they set all scrutiny at defiance. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- But it is one thing to like defiance, and another thing to like its consequences. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- This defiance hath already been sent to thee by thy sewer; thou underliest it, and art bound to answer me--There lies my glove. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- He only appealed to me again with a vehemence which set all further protest on my part at defiance. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I shall deliver to the knight your defiance, answered the sewer; meanwhile I leave you to your food. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
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