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今天我们要学的词是 defiant¹. Defiant 形容词，有不甘示弱的意思。Turkey remained defiant and refused to apologize for shooting down a Russia warplane. 土耳其不甘示弱，拒绝为击落俄罗斯战斗机一事道歉。German Chancellor² Angela Merkel remained defiant and vowed³ to stick to her open-door refugee policy despite potential security risks in the wake of the Paris terror attacks. 巴黎恐怖袭击后，面对潜在的安全隐患，德国总理默克尔不甘示弱，坚持继续执行对难民开放门户的政策。好的，今天我们学习的词是 defiant, defiant, defiant...

1 defiant   

adj.无礼的，挑战的

参考例句：

• With a last defiant gesture,they sang a revolutionary song as they were led away to prison.他们被带走投入监狱时，仍以最后的反抗姿态唱起了一支革命歌曲。
• He assumed a defiant attitude toward his employer.他对雇主采取挑衅的态度。

2 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

3 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。