defy
音標發(fā)音
- 英式音標 [d?'fa?di'fai]
- 美式音標 [d??fa?]
- 國際音標 [di'fai, 'di:-]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- vt. 藐視；公然反抗；挑釁；使落空
- n. 挑戰(zhàn)；對抗
詞根記憶
- de(離開) + fy→公然離去→(公然)違抗
- de(離開) + fy(信賴)→遠離信賴→不服從，(公然)違抗
用法辨析
- defy的基本意思是“公然反抗”,指下屬對上司、晚輩對長輩、公民對法律等不服從或不尊重。引申則指有無法克服的困難。
- defy用作及物動詞時,可接名詞或代詞作賓語。defy還可接以動詞不定式充當補足語的復(fù)合賓語,這時表示“挑激某人做某事”,含義是相信其做不到或不敢做。
v. (動詞)
英漢例句
- He defied his opponents.
他公然反抗他的對手們。 - I defy you to do it.
我倒要看你敢不敢做。
用作動詞 (v.)
用作及物動詞: S+～+ n./pron.
用作賓補動詞: S+～+ n./pron. +to- v
詞組短語
- defy brute force 不畏強暴
- defy laws human and divine 無法無天
- defy severe cold 不畏嚴寒
- defy one 's superior 違抗上司
- defy suppression 不怕鎮(zhèn)壓
用作動詞 (v.)
～+名詞
英英字典
- to refuse to obey a person, decision, law, situation, etc.
- 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.
- 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.
- If something defies description or understanding, it is so strange, extreme, or surprising that it is almost impossible to understand or explain.
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專業(yè)釋義
- 蔑視