defy是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为v. (公然) 违抗， 反抗； 蔑视，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "If such an animal is in existence, if it inhabits the depths of the ocean, if it frequents the strata lying miles below the surface of the water, it must necessarily possess an organisation the strength of which would defy all comparison."
-- Its sides cannot yield; it coheres spontaneously, and not by the closeness of its rivets; and its perfect union of the materials enables it to defy the roughest seas.
-- There, monumental rocks, leaning on their regularly-cut bases, seemed to defy all laws of equilibrium.
-- However, the Nautilus, in the midst of the tempest, confirmed the words of a clever engineer, "There is no well-constructed hull that cannot defy the sea."
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- In this flight of fancy, Mr Swiveller was assisted by a deceptive piece of furniture, in reality a bedstead, but in semblance a bookcase, which occupied a prominent situation in his chamber and seemed to defy suspicion and challenge inquiry.
-- In the Destroyer's steps there spring up bright creations that defy his power, and his dark path becomes a way of light to Heaven.
在詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库柏的《最后的摩根战士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But thou overratest thy power!You shall find it is, in truth, the heart of Munro you hold, and that it will defy your utmost mal-ice!'
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