C2 to refuse to obey a person, decision, law, situation, etc.对抗;违抗;反抗
C2 to be extreme or very strange and therefore impossible to believe, describe, or explain(因过于极端或奇特而)让人无法相信/描述/解释
to tell someone to do something that you think will be impossible激,惹;向…挑战;
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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.
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