defy 的 2 个定义
de·fied, de·fy·ing.
- to challenge the power of; resist boldly or openly: to defy parental authority.
- to offer effective resistance to: a fort that defies attack.
- to challenge to do something deemed impossible: They defied him to dive off the bridge.
- Archaic. to challenge to a combat or contest.
plural de·fies.
- a challenge; a defiance.
defy 近义词
challenge, frustrate
defy 的近义词 40 个
- confront
- disregard
- elude
- flout
- ignore
- mock
- oppose
- provoke
- resist
- ridicule
- spurn
- thwart
- violate
- withstand
- baffle
- beard
- brave
- contemn
- dare
- defeat
- deride
- despise
- face
- foil
- front
- gibe
- insult
- repel
- repulse
- scorn
- slight
- stick
- venture
- fly in face of
- hang tough
- hurl defiance at
- make my day
- outdare
- stick fast
- take one on
defy 的反义词 23 个
更多defy例句
- Again we have seen the stirring scenes of young and old defy riot police and arbitrary detention in an authoritarian state.
- Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of al Qaeda, specifically called on French Muslims to defy the ban.
- The Simpsons really does defy all expectations in terms of the normal lifespan.
- The political implications are clear—but the battle lines about to form are likely to defy party lines.
- The man who once seemed to defy death entirely has held onto his reputation and accolades long after succumbing to his mortality.
- Saying so is to make a statement so obvious as to defy the need for citation.
- Arches more graceful in form, or better fitted to defy the assaults of time, I have never seen.
- If they are still Moderns and alive, I defy you to bury them if you are discussing living questions in a full and honest way.
- He could not bear to open his dreadful situation to his Uncle David, nor to kill himself, nor to defy the vengeance of Longcluse.
- It was probably this opposition that made young Cargill decide that it would be really worth while to defy the legend.
- "Thirty," said the first bidder in a tone which seemed to defy further competition.