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Defiantly Act Badly 英 Dɪ'Faɪəntli] 美 Dɪ'Faɪəntli Adv.挑战地;对抗地 You’re

英语单词 defiantly
英美音标 英 [dɪ'faɪəntli] 美 [dɪ'faɪəntli]
中文释义 adv.挑战地;对抗地
vocabulary简明 If you act defiantly, you’re a rebel. On "Everyone Wear Red" Day, you show up defiantly dressed in head-to-toe blue, or white, or, well, anything but red.
vocabulary扩展 Defiantly is an adverb that is linked to the noun defiance which is defined as "bold disobedience." It is one thing to behave badly and hope to get away with it. It is quite another to want to be seen behaving badly — that's action done defiantly: it defies, or openly goes against an order or rule. People who act defiantly might have a good reason — or they might just want attention.

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