Defiance

(noun.) a defiant act.

(noun.) intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude.

(noun.) a hostile challenge.

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• There was something positively exasperating in Bertha's attitude of isolated defiance. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Mr. Pickwick returned the glare, concentrated into a focus by means of his spectacles, and breathed a bold defiance. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• He'd set 'em at defiance if they talked of committing him, Sir. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• There was a sort of sulky defiance in her eyes, which only goes with guilty knowledge. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Instead of withdrawing with dignity, as he might still have done, he threw down the gauntlet of defiance. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• It's their armour, he thought, their defence against the unknown, and their defiance of it. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• George saw, at once, the force of this defiance. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Terrible emphasis was laid upon 'thing' and 'fellow'; and the faces of both editors began to glow with defiance. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• She turned with an air of satirical defiance to little Jacob, and began to question him directly. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I do it for Mr. Hale; I do it in defiance of her. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• His face, voice, and manner--while I was in his company--were under such perfect control that they set all scrutiny at defiance. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• But it is one thing to like defiance, and another thing to like its consequences. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• This defiance hath already been sent to thee by thy sewer; thou underliest it, and art bound to answer me--There lies my glove. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• He only appealed to me again with a vehemence which set all further protest on my part at defiance. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I shall deliver to the knight your defiance, answered the sewer; meanwhile I leave you to your food. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.

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