"defy" nach Englisch mit Beispielen - Kollokationen-Wörterbuch Englisch

defy Verb

defy + Substantiv
Kolokacji: 61
defy orders • defy gravity • defy death • defy logic • defy expectations • defy the laws • defy description • defy authority • ...
(1) order, law, ban, precedent
Kolokacji: 4
(3) logic, sense
Kolokacji: 2
(10) odds, wish
Kolokacji: 2
1. defy the odds = pokonać przeciwności losu, odnieść sukces pomimo przeciwności defy the odds
  • Here are the stories of three women who have defied the odds.
  • But they may not be able to continue defying the odds.
  • "He wants you to believe he's that one in a million who defies the odds and the science."
  • Yet here you are, with me still, defying the odds by existing.
  • More air attacks followed, but U-230 continued to defy the odds.
  • It was something that defied the odds but might indeed have happened on its own, without any wish at all.
  • In February 1999, she was given only six weeks to live, but defied the odds and is still alive more than 17 years later.
  • By the time her second son was 3, she decided to defy the odds and enroll in college.
  • "We've defied the odds before and we can do it again," he said.
  • If the paper is to defy the odds, the various parties involved will clearly have to avoid conflict.
2. defy one's wishes = przeciwstawiać się czyjś pragnienia defy one's wishes
(11) attempt, effort, pressure
Kolokacji: 3
(12) threat, warning
Kolokacji: 2
(13) father, fate, skeptic
Kolokacji: 3
(14) demand, call, identification
Kolokacji: 3
(15) time, history, age
Kolokacji: 3
Verb + defy
Kolokacji: 6
seem to defy • continue to defy • dare defy • continue defying • mean defying • ...
defy + Präposition
Kolokacji: 8
defy in • defy on • defy with • defy by • defy from • ...
defy + Adjektiv/Adverb
Kolokacji: 9
openly defy • repeatedly defied • successfully defy • simply defy • consistently defied • ...

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