defiance
defiance 英 [dɪˈfaɪəns] 美 [dɪˈfaɪəns]
n. 挑战；反抗
名词复数:defiances
- Stand up when the powers that be order you to sit down, and you've given a fine example of defiance. It happens when someone or a group of someones openly flouts or challenges authority.
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- n. 挑战；反抗
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1. a look of defiance, an act of defiance
反抗的神色╱行动
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2. Nuclear testing was resumed in defiance of an international ban.
尽管国际上明令禁止，核试验又在进行了。
- defiance (n.) c. 1300, from Old French desfiance "challenge, declaration of war," from desfiant, present participle of 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 PIE root *bheidh- "to trust, confide, persuade").
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