defy

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

IPA（発音記号）

/dɪˈfaɪ/

動詞

他動詞 廃用

to refuse to obey someone or something

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

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意味（1）

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

to defy an enemy; to defy the power of a magistrate; to defy the arguments of an opponent; to defy public opinion

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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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意味（4）

(transitive, obsolete) To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce.

For thee I have defied my constant mistress.

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defies （ 現在形 単数形 三人称 ）

defying （ 分詞 現在形 ）

defied （ 分詞 過去形 ）

defied （ 過去形 ）