"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 • ...

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 • ...

Kolokacji: 1

Grup znaczeniowych: 1

Kolokacji: 9

1. openly defy = otwarcie przeciwstaw się openly defy

2. repeatedly defied = ciągle przeciwstawić się repeatedly defied

He has repeatedly defied Government efforts to control religious worship.
He has repeatedly defied the leaders of his party by demanding a vote on his bill.
However Hughes has repeatedly defied the national trend and retained the seat.
He repeatedly defies Costello but does not dare to start an open revolt.
The economy, repeatedly defying predictions of a slowdown, has grown steadily since March 1991.
Iran's regime has also repeatedly defied the international community with its ambition for nuclear weapons and aid to terrorist groups.
Mr. Lee, 76, is a master politician who has repeatedly defied, and surpassed, the expectations of him.
The euro's problems have repeatedly defied investors' expectations.
Rather, they say, she faces expulsion because she has repeatedly defied long-established rules for taking a job at a synagogue.
His willfulness was legendary, as he repeatedly and flagrantly defied environmental and safety regulations.

3. successfully defy = z powodzeniem przeciwstaw się successfully defy

4. simply defy = po prostu przeciwstaw się simply defy

5. consistently defied = konsekwentnie przeciwstawić się consistently defied

6. somehow defy = jakoś przeciwstaw się somehow defy

7. publicly defy = publicznie przeciwstaw się publicly defy

8. seemingly defy = pozornie przeciwstaw się seemingly defy

9. deliberately defy = rozmyślnie przeciwstaw się deliberately defy

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