defy
音标发音
- 英式音标 [dɪ'faɪdi'fai]
- 美式音标 [dɪˈfaɪ]
- 国际音标 [di'fai, 'di:-]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- vt. 藐视；公然反抗；挑衅；使落空
- n. 挑战；对抗
词根记忆
- de(离开) + fy→公然离去→(公然)违抗
- de(离开) + fy(信赖)→远离信赖→不服从，(公然)违抗
同根派生
用法辨析
- defy的基本意思是“公然反抗”,指下属对上司、晚辈对长辈、公民对法律等不服从或不尊重。引申则指有无法克服的困难。
- defy用作及物动词时,可接名词或代词作宾语。defy还可接以动词不定式充当补足语的复合宾语,这时表示“挑激某人做某事”,含义是相信其做不到或不敢做。
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- He defied his opponents.
他公然反抗他的对手们。 - I defy you to do it.
我倒要看你敢不敢做。
用作动词 (v.)
用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.
用作宾补动词: S+～+ n./pron. +to- v
词组短语
- defy brute force 不畏强暴
- defy laws human and divine 无法无天
- defy severe cold 不畏严寒
- defy one 's superior 违抗上司
- defy suppression 不怕镇压
用作动词 (v.)
～+名词
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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专业释义
- 蔑视