The beauty of the scenery defied all description.

景色之美难以形容。

They defied him to jump off the bridge.

他们激他跳下桥去。

I defy you to prove that I have cheated.

我敢说你不能证明我曾行骗。

I defy anyone to disprove the defendant’s statements.

我倒要看看有没有人能对被告的陈述进行反驳。

The towering pine and cypress trees defy frost and snow.

松柏参雪。

If you defy the law, you may find yourself in prison.

如果不服从法律，就可能会坐牢。

The vastness of space defied comprehension.

外层空间的茫茫无垠让人无法弄清其究竟。

I know this much, you would defy the world to get what you wanted.

这一点我清楚，你会反抗整个世界以取得你想要的东西。

It defies description.

那无法形容。

He had brought the flowering plant to a university expert because varieties of blazing star defy nonexpert identification.

他曾经把着花的植物带给大学的专家看，因为星形花植物多种多样，非专业人士是分辨不出来的。

He defied his opponents.

他公然反抗他的对手们。

This defies to be explained.

这难以解释。

His strange behaviour defies understanding.

他古怪的举止使人难以理解。

Ned Kelly is Australia's most famous bushranger and, to many, a folk hero who defied colonial authorities.

奈德・是澳大亚最著名的山贼了，而且许多人把他看成一个抵抗殖民当局的民间英雄。

Chronic orchialgia, whose positive signs defy routine examinations, is usually misdiagnosised as chronic prostatitis or a psychological disorder.

慢性睾丸痛常规检查不能发现明确的阳性体征,常被误诊为慢性前列腺炎或精神心理疾病,治疗效果不理想。

Yet Kissinger succeeded in defying an old Washington dictum that you can have in the capital visibility or influence,but not both.

在华盛顿有一条传统格言：要么抛头露面，要么得势弄权，二者不可兼得。基辛格却公然蔑视这种传统。

Insolvent tenants openly defied the collector of the waterrate from their ten-roomed strongholds, and existed for weeks without any visible means of procuring that necessary fluid.

无偿付能力的房客，公然反抗收缴他们的八居室要塞的水费的办事员，尽管看不出他们有什么办法获得这种生活所必需的液体，可他们已经继续生存好几个礼拜了。