0 to refuse to obey a person, decision, law, situation, etc. -- 對抗；違抗；反抗
It is rare to see children openly defying their teachers. 很少看見孩子公然跟老師作對。
A few workers have defied the majority decision and gone into work despite the strike. 幾個工人不顧大多數人的罷工決定自己去上班了。
The fact that aircraft don't fall out of the sky always seems to me to defy (= act against) the law of gravity. 我總認為飛機沒有從天上掉下來，是不符合萬有引力定律的。
A forest fire raging in southern California is defying (= is not changed by) all attempts to control it. 儘管採取了各種措施，加利福尼亞南部的一場森林大火依然在肆虐。
The chaos at the airport defies description. 機場一片混亂，難以用語言形容。
I defy you to prove your accusations. 我倒要看看你能不能拿出證據來證實你的指控。
I defy you to tell where I've painted over the scratch on my car. 你倒是給我指出來車的哪個地方因為有劃痕而補過漆。
The mess in Bart's room defies description!
His remarkable recovery defied all medical augury.
In 1970 he defied the three-line whip against EC membership.
They defied convention by giving up their jobs and becoming self-sufficient.
Tom Cruise has performed his own stunts for Mission Impossible 2, defying warnings from professionals.
It is when a phenomenon defies understanding that it 'announces' itself, and stands out from the background, requiring interpretation.
Contemporary social scientists struggle with the problem of being precise about that which defies precision : the cloudiness of our own lives.
And, finally, there are those - the truly problematic cases - which defy exclusive classification.
