Set at defiance
[法] 蔑视, 反对
🧩 词语组成解析
set
[sɛt]
vt. 放置，安置;使处于某种状况;设置;摆放餐具;
vi. 落山;出发;凝结;
n. 一套，一副;集合;布景;电视机;
adj. 固定的;位于…的;顽固的;安排好的;
at
[æt]
prep. （表示位置）在;在（某时间或时刻）;以，达; 向，朝;
n. 阿特（老挝辅币单位，100 阿特 = 1 基普）;
🗣️ 情景例句
They are constantly quarreling.
他们时常吵架。
The statue is no longer standing here.
那做铜像已经不竖在这里了。
This can give rise to curious situations, as it did in the case of Alfred Bloggs who worked as a dustman for the Ellesmere Corporation.
而这常常会引起种种奇怪的现象，在埃尔斯米尔公司当清洁工的艾尔弗雷德。布洛斯就是一个例子。