defy是什么意思_defy怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

resist or confront with resistance;"The politician defied public opinion"
"The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear"
"The bridge held"

elude, especially in a baffling way;"This behavior defies explanation"

challenge;"I dare you!"

中英词源

defy 违抗

de-, 不，非，使相反。-fy, 同-fid, 相信，词源同faith, confident. 即不再相信，引申义违抗。

defy: defy: [14] The underlying notion of defy is of the renunciation of allegiance. It comes via Old French defier from a Vulgar Latin *disfidāre ‘renounce one’s faith’, a compound verb formed from the prefix dis-, denoting reversal, and Latin fīdus ‘trusting’. This adjective came from a lengthened variant of the stem which produced fidēs ‘faith’, source of English faith.

The word’s current main sense represents a slight shift from ‘being disloyal’ to actively ‘challenging someone’s power’. The verb’s noun derivative defiance [14], borrowed from Old French, has a first cousin in diffidence [15], originally ‘distrustfulness’, which came from the classical Latin compound verb diffidere ‘mistrust’.
=> diffidence, faith
defy (v.): c. 1300, "to renounce one"s allegiance;" mid-14c., "to challenge, defy," from Old French defier, desfier "to challenge, defy, provoke; renounce (a belief), repudiate (a vow, etc.)," from Vulgar Latin *disfidare "renounce one"s faith," from Latin dis- "away" (see dis-) + fidus "faithful," from the same root as fides "faith" (see faith).

词态变化

第三人称单数 defies;
过去式 defied;
过去分词 defied;
现在分词 defying;

权威造句

1. Her criteria defy analysis.: 她的标准让人搞不明白。

2. I wouldn"t have dared to defy my teachers.: 我可不敢不听老师的话。

3. The towering pine and cypress trees defy frost and snow.: 松柏参天傲霜雪.

4. If you defy the law, you may find yourself in prison.: 如果你不服从法律, 你就可能会坐牢.

5. I defy anyone to disprove the defendant"s statements.: 我倒要看看有没有人能对被告的陈述进行反驳.

近反义词

challenge 挑战

confront 对抗

resist 抵制

disobey 违反

disregard 不顾

dare 敢

rebel 反叛者

flout 藐视

ignore 忽视

trample 踩踏

withstand 对抗

oppose 反对

hold up 举起

hold 拿着

refuse 拒绝

相似短语

defy danger 不顾危险

defy description 非语言所能形容, 非笔墨所能描述

defy imagination 难以想象

defy enumeration 不胜枚举

defy sb to do 向(某人)挑战(做)...

单词分析

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