" To defy" (defy) means to refuse to do something, to say no to someone who has authority over you.

“to defy” （违抗）的意思是拒绝做某事， 对有权柄的人说不。

The final report was given to Attorney General William Barre who has authority over how much is shared with Congress and the American people.

最后的报告交给了司法部长威廉·巴尔，他有权决定与国会和美国人民分享多少。

The idea of reporting in has with it the notion that the person you are reporting in to somehow has authority or control over you.

报告的想法与它的概念有关，即您要报告的人以某种方式拥有对您的权力或控制权。

So I took the leading men of your tribes, wise and respected men, and appointed them to have authority over you—as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens and as tribal officials.

我便将你们各支派的首领，有智慧为众人所认识的，照你们的支派，立他们为官长、千夫长、百夫长、五十夫长、十夫长，管理你们。

Michael says, " There are strict (meaning there are very specific and serious) regulations governing what we can do and not do." " To govern" is to control, to have authority or power over something, to lead something.

迈克尔说，“有严格的（意味着有非常具体和严肃的）规定来管理我们可以做什么和不做什么。 ”“管理” 是控制，对某事拥有权威或权力， 领导某事。