defy

【发音】
美 /'difaɪ/ 英 /dɪ'faɪ/
【翻译】
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vt. 违抗, 蔑视; 使成为不可能; 惹, 激
英释: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
【记忆】
de(离开) + fy → 公然离去 → (公然)违抗
【例句】
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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)胆敢违抗我母亲。
【同、近义词】
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vt.藐视;公然反抗;挑衅;使落空
spurn at/sneeze at/
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n.挑战;对抗
challenge/dare/war/confrontation/