defy

1. V-T If you defy someone or something that is trying to make you behave in a particular way, you refuse to obey them and behave in that way. 違抗

This was the first (and last) time that I dared to defy my mother. 這是我第一次（也是最後一次）膽敢違抗我母親。

2. V-T If you defy someone to do something, you challenge them to do it when you think that they will be unable to do it or too frightened to do it. 曏…挑戰; 惹

I defy you to come up with one major accomplishment of the current president. 我倒要看看你能否擧出現任董事長的一件主要成勣。

3. V-T If something defies description or understanding, it is so strange, extreme, or surprising that it is almost impossible to understand or explain. 使不可能 (理解或解釋)[no passive, no cont]

It's a devastating and barbaric act that defies all comprehension. 這是燬滅性的野蠻行逕，完全沒有方法可理解。