DISOBEYclearly refusing to do what someone tells you to do 违抗的,反叛的
Mark smashed a fist on the desk in a defiant gesture.
马克一拳砸在书桌上以示反抗。
—defiantlyadverbadv
Examples from the Corpus
defiant• Her reply was clear and defiant.• The building oozed a melancholy yet defiant air, cornered by an unforgivinglandscape with which it refused to make any compromises.• It is easier to be soothing with a highly sensitive child who is clingy and frightened than with a defiant child.• Many defiant children are also unusually clever; figuring out ways to defeat your most sophisticatedarguments.• Some defiant children are very shy.• The big bird squatted quietly against Rima's chest, but her eyes held a sulky, defiantglare.• "Nothing is going to change, " said a defiantMiller after his trial.• Demonstrators became increasingly defiant of police controls.• He is one of the defiant ones.• Defiant party members openly challenged the leadership.• But it was a defiant rather than a triumphantgesture.• No, he said - and he was defiant - there was no need.
Origindefiant
(1500-1600)Frenchdéfiant, present participle of défier; → DEFY
VERBS | ADVERBVERBS➤appear, be, feel, look, seem顯得反叛;不放在眼裏;感到不放在眼裏;看起來不放在眼裏;好像蔑視▸➤remain仍然不放在眼裏◇Despite the criticisms, she remained defiant.儘管受到批評,她仍然目空一切。ADVERB➤openly公然藐視◇Sylvia tossed back her dark hair in a gesture that was openly defiant.西爾維婭把黑頭髮往後一甩,公然表示自己的不服。