"defy" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

defy verbo

defy + sustantivo

Kolokacji: 61

defy orders • defy gravity • defy death • defy logic • defy expectations • defy the laws • defy description • defy authority • ...

Kolokacji: 14

1. defy orders = zignoruj polecenia defy orders

2. defy gravity = przeciwstaw się grawitacji defy gravity

3. defy death = igraj ze śmiercią defy death

4. defy logic = bądź sprzecznym z logiką defy logic

5. defy expectations = przecz oczekiwaniom defy expectations

6. defy the laws = przeciwstaw się prawom defy the laws

7. defy description = bądź nie do opisania defy description

What he had done to her face almost defies description.
Its location on a great river in the jungle almost defies description.
Clients, or their employers, pay $75 an hour and up for a service that defies easy description.
Others offer perks, which have recently become so complex as to defy description.
All were there, and many so strange that they defied simple description.
The structure and the principle behind them defy simple description.
But those are risks worth taking, the analysts said, because current conditions seem to defy description.
What had been done to the American embassy library defied description.
The works defy description in either content and range of material.
She could see the change in him quite clearly, although it was so slight as to defy description.

8. defy authority = przeciwstaw się władzy defy authority

9. defy convention = łam konwenanse defy convention

10. defy explanation = zignoruj wyjaśnienie defy explanation

11. defy predictions = przecz przewidywaniom defy predictions

12. defy categorization = oprzyj się kategoryzacji defy categorization

13. defy the odds = pokonać przeciwności losu, odnieść sukces pomimo przeciwności defy the odds

defy odds

14. defy sense = zignoruj sens defy sense

Grup znaczeniowych: 16

verbo + defy

Kolokacji: 6

seem to defy • continue to defy • dare defy • continue defying • mean defying • ...

defy + preposición

Kolokacji: 8

defy in • defy on • defy with • defy by • defy from • ...

defy + adjetivo/adverbio

Kolokacji: 9

openly defy • repeatedly defied • successfully defy • simply defy • consistently defied • ...

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