defy

音标发音

• 英式音标 [dɪ'faɪdi'fai]
• 美式音标 [dɪˈfaɪ]
• 国际音标 [di'fai, 'di:-]
• 英式发音
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基本解释

• vt. 藐视；公然反抗；挑衅；使落空
• n. 挑战；对抗

词根记忆

• de(离开) + fy→公然离去→(公然)违抗
• de(离开) + fy(信赖)→远离信赖→不服从，(公然)违抗

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用法辨析

v. (动词)

• defy的基本意思是“公然反抗”,指下属对上司、晚辈对长辈、公民对法律等不服从或不尊重。引申则指有无法克服的困难。
• defy用作及物动词时,可接名词或代词作宾语。defy还可接以动词不定式充当补足语的复合宾语,这时表示“挑激某人做某事”,含义是相信其做不到或不敢做。

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英汉例句

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.

• He defied his opponents.
  他公然反抗他的对手们。

用作宾补动词: S+～+ n./pron. +to- v

• I defy you to do it.
  我倒要看你敢不敢做。

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词组短语

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• defy brute force 不畏强暴
• defy laws human and divine 无法无天
• defy severe cold 不畏严寒
• defy one 's superior 违抗上司
• defy suppression 不怕镇压

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• to refuse to obey a person, decision, law, situation, etc.

柯林斯英英字典

• 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.
• 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.
• If something defies description or understanding, it is so strange, extreme, or surprising that it is almost impossible to understand or explain.

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