Humour is also an excellent way of defusing awkward situations and influencing people.

Officials will hold four days of talks aimed at defusing tensions over trade.

官员们将举行为期4天旨在消除贸易紧张关系的会谈。

At the time of bitter winter, plum blossoms defy frost and snow.

隆冬时节, 梅花傲雪.

Criminals defy the law.

罪犯无视法律.

We defy them to saddle the blame on the miners.

我们抗议他们强迫矿工们接受指责.

I wouldn't have dared to defy my teachers.

我可不敢不听老师的话。

They defy difficulties and advance wave upon wave.

他们不怕困难,前扑后继.

Neurological illnesses sometimes defy understanding, Dr. Lachance said and this seemed to be one of them.

Lachance博士说,神经系统疾患有时让人费解, 这个病,好像就是其中一例.

We defy the available Methods: To estimate them quantitatively.

我们不能采用现有的方法进行定量估算.

Members of a group of mostly aquatic, photosynthetic organisms ( see photosynthesis ) that defy precise definition.

一群主要是水生的 、 能行 光合作用 而无法精确定义的有机体.

We measure it and we mark it, but we cannot defy it.

我们测量它,标识它, 但我们不能违背它.

The singer continues to defy her age by wearing the scantiest of outfits.

那名女歌手依旧穿着非常暴露的服装，完全不似她这把岁数。

Time is finite and infinite. I defy the indefinite definition.

时间既是有限的又是无限的. 我公然对抗这个模糊的定义.

A few of the 7 XXX series defy the general rule and are weldable.

一些7XXX系列合金不符合常用规律,它们是可焊的.

The expansion of industry, communications and exchange will defy the imagination of past generations.

工业 、 交通和交换事业的发展,更是前人所不能设想的.

Zeus: Even now as you draw your last breath, you continue to defy me!

宙斯: 难道就算只剩一口气, 你还要和我作对?

If you defy the law, you may find yourself in prison.

如果你不服从法律, 你就可能会坐牢.

Death defy the doctor.

死亡不畏医生.

The terrorists defy the government and successively practice the bombing activity.

恐怖组织蔑视政府,接连实施爆炸活动.

Just being with you feels like I can defy the whole world.

仅仅和你在在一起的感觉可以让我放弃全世界.

They defy all comparison.

没有能和他们比较的.