•children openly defying their teachers公然与老师作对的孩子们

•A few workers have defied the majority decision and gone into work despite the strike.几个工人不顾大多数人的罢工决定自己去上班了。

•The fact that aircraft don't fall out of the sky always seems to me to defy (= act against) the law of gravity.我总认为飞机没有从天上掉下来，是不符合万有引力定律的。

•A forest fire raging in the south of France is defying (= is not changed by) all attempts to control it.尽管采取了各种措施，法国南部的一场森林大火依然在肆虐。

•The chaos at the airport defies description.机场里乱得一塌糊涂。

•I defy you to prove your accusations.我倒要看看你能不能拿出证据来证实你的指控。

•I defy you to tell where I've painted over the scratch on my car.你倒是给我指出来车的哪个地方因为有划痕而补过漆。