英 [dɪˈfaɪ] 美 [dɪˈfaɪ]
v. 违抗，不服从；挑战，激；无法，难以（描述或理解）；经受住，顶住
复数defies
第三人称单数defies
现在分词defying
过去式defied
过去分词defied
defy /dɪˈfaɪ/ CET4 TEM4 [ defying defied defies ]
及物动词 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. 违抗
This was the first (and last) time that I dared to defy my mother.
这是我第一次（也是最后一次）胆敢违抗我母亲。
及物动词 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. 向…挑战; 惹
I defy you to come up with one major accomplishment of the current president.
我倒要看看你能否举出现任董事长的一件主要成绩。
及物动词 If something defies description or understanding, it is so strange, extreme, or surprising that it is almost impossible to understand or explain. 使不可能 (理解或解释)
It's a devastating and barbaric act that defies all comprehension.
这是毁灭性的野蛮行径，完全没有方法可理解。
蔑视
... impartialneutral 不偏不倚的; 公正的; 中立的 defy违抗, 反抗, 藐视, 蔑视 champion支持（某人[某事物]）的事业; 维护; 卫护: ...
尽管没有任何一个中国人(Chinese)会确信这样的事实，但还是无法去左右世界搏击界内的藐视(Defy)和低看。说过的话一定要做到，即使是很蠢的话，再蠢的也比言而无信好。
... defuse v. 去掉导火线；缓和，平息（减少紧张或敌对） defy v.不服从（公然反抗）；藐视；挑衅 degenerate v.退化（在质量方面下降）；堕落 ...
... definition n.定义，解释;(轮廓影像等的)清晰度;阐明; defy v.(公然)违抗，反抗;蔑视 degeneratev.衰退，堕落，蜕化 a.堕落的 n.堕落者 ...
I wouldn't have dared to defy my teachers.
我可不敢不听老师的话。
I defy anyone not to cry at the end of the film.
我倒要看看有谁在电影结尾时不哭。
This was the first (and last) time that I dared to defy my mother.
这是我第一次（也是最后一次）胆敢违抗我母亲。
"In the name of the State of Tennessee, I order you not to defy its laws.
VOA : special.2009.11.14
And these texts almost defy interpretation by a modern person, unless you have guidance from a historian and expert like moi.
这些文本几乎无法由现代人翻译，除非由历史学家或专家指导，比如我。
新约课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Perhaps because they have become wise in that they have learned they have moral choice. They have free will, they can defy God and God's plans for them in a way that animals and natural phenomena cannot.
也许是因为，他们在拥有智慧以后,明白他们有道德选择，他们有自由的意愿,可以反抗上帝为他们决定的命运,而这些事动物和自然无法做到的。
旧约导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Sharif then said he would defy a three-day house arrest imposed on him and his brother and journey out to meet his supporters.
VOA : standard.2009.03.15
The army's report was published as an aid ship hired by a Libyan charity is sailing toward Gaza and plans to defy the blockade.
VOA : standard.2010.07.12
It is testament to the depth of a crisis which continues to defy solution.
But behavioral economists have shown that people predictably behave in ways that objectively defy rationality.
Banks, real estate investment trusts, brokerages and mortgage companies have endured valuation drops that defy explanation.