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defiant

/dih-fahy-uhnt/US // dɪˈfaɪ ənt //UK // (dɪˈfaɪənt) //

强悍的,藐视,挑衅,藐视一切

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : characterized by defiance; boldly resistant or challenging: a defiant attitude.

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Examples

  • Following the announcement by James, Cuomo remained defiant as he faced potentially grave legal consequences.

  • Tracks like the defiant “Stronger” and the hip-shaking “Overprotected,” meanwhile, showed off her inner strength, presaging her recent courage in speaking out against her current situation.

  • Even as world leaders turned their attention to ransomware and threatened action, REvil was defiant—until now.

  • Prince’s testimony in Congress about the incident drove a national debate about the privatization of war, turning him, at the age of 38, into the defiant face of the modern-day mercenary.

  • His tone was somewhat aggressive, defiant if you will, at first.

  • Coursing beneath the polished surface of the love poems is something deep, dark, and defiant.

  • Shultz, who left the meeting early, told aides the president was “defiant” about going forward.

  • The force that inspires defiant videos and top-of-their-lungs screeching tweens is, in fact, a media-shy 43-year old Swedish… man.

  • The model Ireland Baldwin is less ambiguous but even more defiant when it comes to her relationship with the rapper Angel Haze.

  • AJAM chief executive officer Ehab Al Shihabi struck a defiant note.

  • This defiant answer nonplussed the rebels, who had private interests to consider.

  • The old Negro watched the approaching flare of the head-light as he ran on, with a grim, defiant eye.

  • Across the middle of the cage a stout barricade has been erected, and behind the barricade sits the Master, pale but defiant.

  • Defiant messages were sent by the Dattos, and General Wood decided to conduct operations in person.

  • Perhaps that was why, even in the year 3689, defiant names still cropped up.