Saturday, 21 February 2009

French economic changes ahead

defy PhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhonetic
(v)
to refuse to obey, or to act or be against, a person, decision, law, situation, etc
bất chấp
children openly defying their teachers
A few workers have defied the majority decision and gone into work despite the strike.
The fact that aircraft don't fall out of the sky always seems to me to defy (= act against) the law of gravity.
A forest fire raging in the south of France is defying (= is not changed by) all attempts to control it.

defiance PhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhonetic
(n)
when you refuse to obey someone or something
sự bất chấp
The demonstration is a pointless act/gesture of defiance against the government.
In defiance of the ceasefire, rebel troops are again firing on the capital.

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