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But all glass structures have at least a bit of daring about them, as if they are giving a defiant answer to the question: You can’t do that with glass, can you?
但是使用全玻璃構造總是需要一些勇氣，“你可不可能用玻璃做那玩意兒吧，是吧？” ，他們給出了一個挑釁的答案。
Like the restructuring executives, bankruptcy lawyers seem defiant and want to make sure precedents aren’t set that would make it easier to curb fees in the future.
像重組的執(zhí)行者一樣，破產案受理律師們似乎目中無人，想證實司法先例不是更用來限制未來費用的有力理由。
We were in the same senior society, and while wewere never intimate I always had the impression that he approved of me andwanted me to like him with some harsh, defiant wistfulness of his own.
我們曾在同一個高年級社團，雖不是親密無間，可我總感覺他對我還挺認同，還想讓我成為他的骨灰，但不過是他目中無人的一廂情愿罷了。

They knew this because when they sang his songs, Woody's eyes would become brighter and his defiant spirit would shine through.
Remember, they were made in the image of God And they learn that they have moral autonomy by making the defiant choice, the choice for disobedience.
記住，他們是依照上帝的模樣而創(chuàng)造,他們也意識到自己有自主的道德,通過做出忤逆的選擇，選擇違背。
耶魯公開課 - 舊約導論課程節(jié)選
Speaking alongside the Secretary, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi had a defiant message for the militants.

The downside of the ridiculous, defiant defense is much less severe than it used to be.
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If you say that someone is defiant, you mean they show aggression or independence by refusing to obey someone.
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