"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

3. successfully defy = z powodzeniem przeciwstaw się successfully defy

4. simply defy = po prostu przeciwstaw się simply defy

It simply defies common sense that a state cannot have a say in its energy future.
"It simply defies logic to contend that these governmental actions do not amount to persecution," the judge said.
The sheer monstrousness of such a reversal simply defied belief.
Others wondered if Times Square simply defies the normal rules of neighborhood commerce.
It simply defies belief that they could learn to rock so hard in such a brief amount of time".
Alaska's greatest asset may actually be its diversity and the state's superlatives simply defy the imagination.
It simply defies common sense to think that Justice Bork would not effectively do what he has built his career saying should be done.
This simply defies belief, given the importance of the debate.
Other times, it simply defies judicial orders to turn over the material.
Or simply defy convention to become one happy family?

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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