1. defiance of 藐視;蔑視
The company had been dumping their waste into the sea, in defiance of government regulation.
這家公司一直無視政府的規定,往海里傾倒垃圾 。
2. convicted under 被判違反了……
He was convicted under an archaic statute that had never been repealed.
他被判違反了一個頗為陳舊但從未被取消的法令 。
3. end up doing sth. 最后
The study found the nation's ladies hear three nuggets of gossip a week, but end up passing it on to at least one other person.
這項研究表明,英國的女性每禮拜能聽到三個謠言,最后至少會把這些謠言傳給另外一個人 。
4. long overdue 遲到已久的;姍姍來遲的
So it seems to us that Thursday's decline could be a beginning of the long overdue downside correction.
因此在我們看來,周四的大跌可能只是一輪遲到已久的回調行情的開始 。
adj. 過期的,未兌的,遲到的