Defy

(verb.) challenge; 'I dare you!'.

(verb.) resist or confront with resistance; 'The politician defied public opinion'; 'The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear'; 'The bridge held'.

(verb.) elude, especially in a baffling way; 'This behavior defies explanation'.

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• Don't defy him! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• I leave twenty pound a year to my valet; and I defy any man after I have gone to find anything against my character. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• I spit at thee, and I defy thee. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• A weed like the Russian thistle, for instance, will defy all usual means for its extermination. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• I am ready to defy Issus herself; but what will it avail us? 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• I think, replied Edward, that I may defy many months to produce any good to me. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• But the example of Sparta, and perhaps in some degree the tendency to defy public opinion, seems to have misled him. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• The powers they defied; But Heaven is just, and by a god they died. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• I, in my stiff- necked rebellion, almost cursed the dispensation: instead of bending to the decree, I defied it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Flesh or spirit must be defied for its sake. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Tarzan defied them all, and the thin, strong noose continued to settle about Tublat's neck whenever he least expected it. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• How the dreadless Angel defied, resisted, and repelled? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• To this mortal quarrel he has himself defied me, and I shall not forget the challenge. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• They were warlike little nations and defied, in those days, governments that overshadow them now as mountains overshadow molehills. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Consider that eye: consider the resolute, wild, free thing looking out of it, defying me, with more than courage--with a stern triumph. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• I am looked upon about here as a second Ajax defying the lightning. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• How could he dream of her defying the barrier that her husband had placed between them? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• He came back gay and self-satisfied, eager and busy, caring nothing for Miss Woodhouse, and defying Miss Smith. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Is it fair, is it worthy of yourself, to talk of my defying you afore ever you say what you want of me? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• I hope everybody here will lead them to believe that I died defying them, consistently and perseveringly, as I did through so many years. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Others said the _Clermont_ appeared at night like a monster moving on the waters defying the winds and tide, and breathing flames and smoke. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Stilbro' Moor, however, defies you, thank Heaven! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• It not only defies explanation, it's even beyond conjecture. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Moreover it defies control. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.

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