defy的意思

defy

英 /dɪ'faɪ/ 美 /'difaɪ/

  • 考研
  • 六级
  • 雅思

基本释义

  • v 藐视;公然反抗;挑衅;使落空

    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

  • n 挑战;对抗

例句

  1. 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。

近义词

vt 藐视;公然反抗;挑衅;使落空 spurn at、sneeze at
n 挑战;对抗