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  1. In the years since, more than 12,000 gay service members have been discharged for violating or defying the policy.
    在此后的年代里,有超过12,000名同性恋服役人员因违反或藐视这项政策而被开除。
  2. That was a half century ago, when men first squeezed into their machines and, defying gravity, rode into a new dimension of human experience.
    半个世纪前的当年,当人们第一次钻进他们制造的机器里公然反抗地心引力时,人类的探索之旅开始了新纪元。
  3. In Egypt and Bahrain in recent weeks, I've been humbled by the lionhearted men and women I've seen defying tear gas or bullets for freedom that we take for granted.
    这几周在埃及和巴林,我为那些勇敢的人们所深深地折服:看似理所应当,却是在为自由而公然反抗着催泪瓦斯和子弹。



defy \de*fy"\ (d[-e]*f[imac]"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defied}
(d[-e]*f[imac]d"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Defying}.] [F. d['e]fier,
OF. deffier, desfier, LL. disfidare to disown faith or
fidelity, to dissolve the bond of allegiance, as between the
vassal and his lord; hence, to challenge, defy; fr. L. dis- +
fides faith. See {Faith}, and cf. {Diffident}, {Affiance}.]
1. To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or
obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce. [Obs.]

I defy the surety and the bond. --Chaucer.

For thee I have defied my constant mistress. --Beau.
& Fl.

2. To provoke to combat or strife; to call out to combat; to
challenge; to dare; to brave; to set at defiance; to treat
with contempt; as, to defy an enemy; to defy the power of
a magistrate; to defy the arguments of an opponent; to
defy public opinion.

I once again
Defy thee to the trial of mortal fight. --Milton.

I defy the enemies of our constitution to show the
contrary. --Burke.

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