新聞美語即時通 defiance 違抗，蔑視

今天我們要學的詞是 defiance. Defiance is spelled D-E-F-I-A-N-C-E, defiance.

defiance 的意思是違抗，蔑視。 Pennsylvania Democratic Governor Tom Wolf threatened to withhold federal stimulus money from counties that are planning on opening up without his approval and in defiance of his orders. 賓夕法尼亞州民主黨州長湯姆·沃爾夫威脅說，他不會把聯邦經濟刺激計劃的資金撥給那些未經他批准以及違抗他命令而計劃開放的縣。

Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk announced he was officially reopening his California electric car plant in defiance of local government lockdown orders amid the coronavirus pandemic. 特斯拉創始人兼首席執行官馬斯克無視地方政府在新冠病毒大流行之際實施的封鎖令，宣佈將正式重新開放在加利福尼亞州的電動汽車製造廠。

好的，我們今天學習的詞是 defiance, defiance, defiance ...

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