defy · verb
Sens et exemples
Refuser délibérément d'obéir à une autorité, une règle ou une instruction.
The organisers defied the owner's instruction to keep visitors away from the damaged section of the building.
She was prepared to defy her supervisor rather than alter figures she knew to be accurate.
Several residents openly defied the restriction, arguing that they had never been consulted about its introduction.
Defying a rule may draw attention to an injustice, but it can also expose participants to consequences.
Formes
- defy base form
- defies third-person singular present
- defied past tense; past participle
- defying present participle