1. | ~ sb/sth 违抗；反抗；蔑视to refuse to obey or show respect for sb in authority, a law, a rule, etc. |
I wouldn't have dared to defy my teachers. 我可不敢不听老师的话。 | |
Hundreds of people today defied the ban on political gatherings. 今天有数百人违抗禁止政治集会的规定。 |
2. | ~ belief, explanation, description, etc. 不可能，无法（相信、解释、描绘等）to be impossible or almost impossible to believe, explain, describe, etc. |
a political move that defies explanation 无法解释的政治举动 | |
The beauty of the scene defies description. 景色之美简直难以描绘。 |
3. | ~ sth 经受住；顶住；抗住to successfully resist sth to a very unusual degree |
The baby boy defied all the odds and survived(= stayed alive when it seemed certain that he would die) . 这名男婴九死一生活了下来。 |
