defy

verb

1. challenge

e.g. I dare you!

Synonym: dare

2. resist or confront with resistance

e.g. The politician defied public opinion
The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear
The bridge held

Synonym: withstandholdhold up

3. elude, especially in a baffling way

e.g. This behavior defies explanation

Synonym: resistrefuse

1. 违抗;反抗;不服从
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.

defy

e.g. 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)胆敢反抗我的母亲。
e.g. Nearly eleven-thousand people have been arrested for defying the ban on street trading.
将近有1.1万人因为违抗禁止在街上摆摊交易的禁令而被捕。

2. 挑战;激;认为…不敢(或无法)（做）
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.

e.g. I defy you to come up with one major accomplishment of the current Prime Minister...
我敢说你讲不出现任首相的哪怕一项重大成就。
e.g. He looked at me as if he was defying me to argue.
他看着我，仿佛在激我与他争论。

3. 无法，难以(描述或理解)
If something defies description or understanding, it is so strange, extreme, or surprising that it is almost impossible to understand or explain.

defy是什么意思

e.g. When the flowers open in spring they fill the night air with a fragrance that defies description...
春天鲜花开放时，夜里的空气中会弥漫一种难以名状的香气。
e.g. It's a devastating and barbaric act that defies all comprehension.
这种行为野蛮凶残、令人震惊，简直是不可理喻。

4. 看上去比实际年轻
If you say that someone defies their age, or defies the years, you mean that their appearance or behaviour suggests that they are younger than they really are.

e.g. The singer continues to defy her age by wearing the scantiest of outfits.
那名女歌手依旧穿着非常暴露的服装，完全不似她这把岁数。

1. 蔑视：人类演进以去拥抱复合宇宙(multiverse),当它演进时,它发现了它的超宇宙以一些蔑视(defy)逻辑的方式,对人类心智来讲是可接取的(accessible). 这就是人类正要进入的舞台,而它不是在一种振动的显灵裡(in a vibratory epiphany)上升到一个更高的次元,

2. 不服从;藐视：cultivate 培养 | defy 不服从;藐视 | degenerate 退化

3. 违抗,不顾,挑激：defraud 欺骗,诈欺 | defy 违抗,不顾,挑激 | degenerate 恶化,变坏