defiant

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a. 挑衅的, 目中无人的

发音

UK /dɪˈfaɪ(j)ənt/
US /dɪˈfaɪənt/

词形变化

defiants 复数 defiants more defiant 比较级 most defiant 最高级

教材释义与例句

形容词

挑衅的；目中无人的，蔑视的；挑战的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One who defies opposition.

    Countries condemning South Africa, Portugal and Rhodesia still find it necessary to trade with these defiants against so-called world opinion.

    Damn the obedients and hail the defiants if you will; the experiment does not motivate confidence about how particular subjects would behave in markedly dissimilar situations.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Defying.

  2. 2.

    Boldly resisting opposition.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 1

noncompliant

反义词 1

compliant

近义相关 5

resistant insubordinate obstreperous recalcitrant resistive

参见 6

difficult unwilling disobedient insubordinate intractable unmanageable

相关短语

oppositional defiant disorder oppositional defiant disorders

词源

Borrowed from French défiant, from the verb défier. Doublet of diffident. By surface analysis, def(i) + -ant.

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