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(transitive) To challenge (someone) or brave (a hazard or opposition). / (transitive) To refuse to obey. / To not conform to or follow a pattern, set of rules or expectations.

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defy

IPA（発音記号）

/dɪˈfaɪ/

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(transitive) To challenge (someone) or brave (a hazard or opposition). / (transitive) To refuse to obey. / To not conform to or follow a pattern, set of rules or expectations.

日本語の意味

（誰かに）挑戦する、または勇敢に立ち向かう / （命令や規則に）従わない、拒否する / 型や期待、基準に従わずに行動する

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She decided to defy the company policy to protect her coworkers.

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彼女は同僚を守るために会社の方針に逆らうことを決めた。

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意味（1）

(transitive) To challenge (someone) or brave (a hazard or opposition).

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意味（2）

(transitive) To refuse to obey.

If you defy your teacher you may end up in detention.

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意味（3）

To not conform to or follow a pattern, set of rules or expectations.

By tossing this nineteenth electron back and forth between its own orbit and that of its lost companion more than twenty-five thousand times a second, a mutilated stone atom is able partially to defy gravity and thus successfully to ride the emerging streams of light and energy, the sunbeams, to liberty and adventure.

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