單詞
defy
英 [d?'fa?]
美['difa?]
基本信息
- vt. 藐視；公然反抗；挑釁；使落空
- n. 挑戰；對抗
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詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?defies;過去式:?defied;過去分詞:?defied;現在分詞:?defying;
中文詞源
defy 違抗
de-, 不，非，使相反。-fy, 同-fid, 相信，詞源同faith, confident. 即不再相信，引申義違抗。
英文詞源
- 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).
雙語例句
- 1. Her criteria defy analysis.
- 她的標準讓人搞不明白。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. I wouldn't have dared to defy my teachers.
- 我可不敢不聽老師的話。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. The towering pine and cypress trees defy frost and snow.
- 松柏參天傲霜雪.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. If you defy the law, you may find yourself in prison.
- 如果你不服從法律, 你就可能會坐牢.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. I defy anyone to disprove the defendant's statements.
- 我倒要看看有沒有人能對被告的陳述進行反駁.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
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