| 单词 | defiance |
| 释义 | defiance (dɪfaɪəns ) 1. uncountable noun Defiance is behaviour or an attitude which shows that you are not willing to obey someone. ...his courageous defiance of the government. [+ of] Synonyms: resistance, challenge, opposition, confrontation 2. in defiance of phrase If you do something in defiance of a person, rule, or law, you do it even though you know that you are not allowed to do it. Thousands of people have taken to the streets in defiance of the curfew. Collocations: open defiance The first open defiance took place the next day in Leipzig. Times, Sunday Times (2009) In recent weeks conservatives have joined the open defiance. Times, Sunday Times (2009) The boss might now punish him for his open defiance in the aftermath of the game. The Sun (2010) This spirit of defiance could be interpreted as appropriate. Times, Sunday Times There's a spirit of defiance about him: take what you like from me, but you can't take away my grim sense of fun. Times, Sunday Times But cherish one in a spirit of defiance because all the people you don't like say you shouldn't? Times, Sunday Times Yet many also write in a spirit of defiance, hope or remembrance, and imaginatively venture beyond their immediate confines into other times and places. The Times Literary Supplement There remains, though, a spirit of defiance in the camp. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 违抗 Japanese: 反抗的態度 |
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