Nuclear testing was resumed in defiance of an international ban.

尽管国际上明令禁止，核试验又在进行了。

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Some even continued celebrating, in defiance of the smoke seeping into the rooms.

一些人甚至继续庆祝，全然不顾烟已渗进屋子。

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It's just that, in defiance of decades of New Year resolutions, it's unlikely to make us slim.

换句话说，正如我们无视十余年的新年心愿一样，它不可能使我们苗条。

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North Korea on Monday exploded a nuclear device and tested a series of missiles in defiance of the international community.

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They're able to choose their actions in conformity with God's will or in defiance of God's will.

他们能够选择遵从上帝的意愿,也能违背上帝的意愿。

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The question is, why does Socrates exhibit such proud defiance and independence of the laws in the Apology, and such total, even kind of mouse-like, acquiescence to the laws in the Crito?

问题是，为何苏格拉底一方面展现了自豪的反抗,及独立于法律之外如同《自辩篇》所载，但这种绝对性，却化为鼠辈般，默认了全部的法律，一如《克里托篇》所载？

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Obama claims it's not succeeding in defiance of all the facts on the ground.

CNN: McCain targets message to Clinton backers

Tax reform, in defiance of the odds, upheld the public interest against the special interests.

CNN: Viewpoint: Remaking a Mess

In defiance of the Taliban, Mussarat Ahmed Zaib set up a training centre for women.

BBC: NEWS | South Asia | Defying the Taliban to get an education