"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
(3) logic, sense
Kolokacji: 2
3. defy analysis = bądź wbrew analizie defy analysis
4. defy reason = być wbrew rozumowi, działać wbrew rozumowi defy reason
5. defy definition = zignoruj definicję defy definition
6. defy solution = przecz rozwiązaniu defy solution
  • Some of these problems have been with us for a long time and defy easy solution.
  • The problems which face mankind often seem to defy solution.
  • No play can be expected to do more than cast fresh and arresting light on problems like these, which have long defied easy solution.
  • Some problems in downtown Bakersfield have so far defied solution.
  • To many, Afghanistan now seemed a place of continuing misery that defied solutions.
  • When people face serious personal problems that defy easy solutions, it usually is time to seek the services of qualified professionals.
  • - the next president could face novel economic challenges that defy conventional solutions.
  • A problem of this nature obviously defied ordinary solutions.
  • Senior Japanese officials describe them all as bottom-line issues defying easy solutions.
  • These conditions and bottlenecks cause congestion that defies easy solution.
7. defy understanding = przecz rozumieniu defy understanding
8. defy resolution = zignoruj uchwałę defy resolution
9. defy interpretation = zignoruj interpretację defy interpretation
10. defy summary = zignoruj streszczenie defy summary
(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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