1. defiance of 藐视；蔑视
The company had been dumping their waste into the sea, in defiance of government regulation.
这家公司一直无视政府的规定，往海里倾倒垃圾7(kfARaHZ)nJ5=&]v。

2. convicted under 被判违反了……
He was convicted under an archaic statute that had never been repealed.
他被判违反了一个颇为陈旧但从未被取消的法令_|u~fqH)AX[。

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.
这项研究表明，英国的女性每礼拜能听到三个谣言，最后至少会把这些谣言传给另外一个人t|^Obmmm#2b7Lf2x8xL.。

4. long overdue 迟到已久的；姗姗来迟的
So it seems to us that Thursday's decline could be a beginning of the long overdue downside correction.
因此在我们看来，周四的大跌可能只是一轮迟到已久的回调行情的开始|~JmnyX2oUulF.。