释义
be openly at variance with (what is usual or ex-pected)
悍然不顾；公然违抗
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a need to fly in the face of convention. 公开违反习俗的必要。
双语例句
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I think we'd be silly to fly in the face of public opinion.
我认为我们悍然无视舆论是愚蠢的。
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To act as you have done is to fly in the face of Providence.
照你的所作所为那样去行事，是违背上帝的意志的。
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The finding appears to fly in the face of the last 106 years of physics.
这一发现似乎完全违反了106年来的物理学。
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Such claims by Japan fly in the face of facts and are totally unfounded.
日本的上述主张严重违背事实，是完全站不住脚的。
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Many of the UCR findings fly in the face of conventional wisdom. For example.
这项研究的很多发现对传统观点是个冲击。