Rather, it was a productivity boost that has continued in defiance of expert predictions that workers can only be squeezed so hard for a short while.(專家們認為這是一種依靠壓榨產業工人在短時期內維持的經濟增長模式。然而恰恰相反，這種增長是靠全力提升勞動生產率實現的。)

boozed-up Nassir, Nur's brother, buys glasses for Soraya, his bookish but myopic cousin, in defiance of his elders.(內爾的弟弟，時常喝得酩酊大醉的納賽爾，無視兄長的反對，給他那迂腐而近視的表姐（妹）索娜婭買了一副眼鏡。)

It's just that, in defiance of decades of New Year resolutions, it's unlikely to make us slim.(換句話說，正如我們無視十余年的新年心愿一樣，它不可能使我們苗條。)

It was unclear whether the soldiers in the streets were operating without orders or in defiance of them.(在街上的士兵們是否處于無命令狀態或者是挑釁仍不明確。)

In defiance of Newton, this model is based on the notion that what goes up need not necessarily come down.(該模型基于上升不一定需下降理念，違反了牛頓的觀點。)

These adjectives mean in opposition to and usually in defiance of established authority.(這些形容詞有反對并通常蔑視權威的意思。)

Some even continued celebrating, in defiance of the smoke seeping into the rooms.(一些人甚至繼續慶祝，全然不顧煙已滲進屋子。)

The high-quality wines from Tuscany that were made in defiance of the existing wine legislation.(來自托斯卡納地區的高質量的酒，這跟現有的分級制度不一致。)

She acted in defiance of my orders.(她無視我的命令行動了。)

Their city was destroyed, only to be rebuilt in defiance of the dragon's power.(他們的城市被摧毀了，又以對抗龍的力量的原因而重建。)