"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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 16
(1) order, law, ban, precedent
Kolokacji: 4
1. defy gravity = przeciwstaw się grawitacji defy gravity
2. defy death = igraj ze śmiercią defy death
3. defy physics = przeciwstaw się fizyce defy physics
4. defy translation = bądź wbrew tłumaczeniu defy translation
  • "Heimat" is a German word that defies precise translation and for which there is no English equivalent.
  • Or for some other reason which defied translation.
  • Some defy translation, since they were to the Hobbits themselves just 'names', of forgotten origin and mean- ing.
  • He has found, he says, intuitive ways of making leaps from one to the other, even if they sometimes defy word-for-word translation:
  • Some of the water creatures had alien, prehistoric shapes as did the roots, fruits and leaves that defied translation.
  • What he read in her eyes defied translation for several moments.
  • In other cases, like "intangible assets," the words defy translation.
  • - a word that defies translation but connotes something fast and sudden like wham!
  • And there is no better way to understand that influence than through Rumi's own verse, although it often defies easy translation.
5. defy boundaries = igraj z granicami defy boundaries
(3) logic, sense
Kolokacji: 2
(10) odds, wish
Kolokacji: 2
(11) attempt, effort, pressure
Kolokacji: 3
(12) threat, warning
Kolokacji: 2
(13) father, fate, skeptic
Kolokacji: 3
(14) demand, call, identification
Kolokacji: 3
(15) time, history, age
Kolokacji: 3
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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