defend
英 [dɪ'fend]
美[dɪ'fɛnd]
- vt. 辩护；防护
- vi. 保卫；防守
词态变化
第三人称单数: defends;过去式: defended;过去分词: defended;现在分词: defending;
助记提示
1. 谐音“提防的”。
中文词源
defend 防御
de-, 向下，离开。-fend, 击，打，词源同bane, offend. 即击挡开，防御。
英英释意
- 1. argue or speak in defense of;
- "She supported the motion to strike"
- 2. be on the defensive; act against an attack
- 3. protect against a challenge or attack;
- "Hold that position behind the trees!"
- "Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks"
- 4. fight against or resist strongly;
- "The senator said he would oppose the bill"
- "Don't fight it!"
- 5. protect or fight for as a champion
- 6. be the defense counsel for someone in a trial;
- "Ms. Smith will represent the defendant"
- 7. state or assert;
- "He maintained his innocence"
英文词源
- defend
- defend: [13] Defend comes via Old French defendre from Latin dēfendere ‘ward off’, a compound verb formed from the prefix dē- ‘off, away’ and an element that survives elsewhere only in other compound forms (represented in English by offend). It has been suggested that this is related to Sanskrit han- ‘strike’ and Old English gūth ‘battle’, and that it can be traced ultimately to a prehistoric Indo-European *gwendh-.
Defend had not long become established in English when it produced the offspring fend, dispensing with the first syllable. This in turn formed the basis of the derivatives fender [15] and forfend [14]. Fence likewise comes from defence.
=> fence, fend - defend (v.)
- mid-13c., from Old French defendre (12c.) "defend, resist," and directly from Latin defendere "ward off, protect, guard, allege in defense," from de- "from, away" (see de-) + -fendere "to strike, push," from PIE root *gwhen- "to strike, kill" (see bane). In the Mercian hymns, Latin defendet is glossed by Old English gescildeð. Related: Defended; defending.
同义词辨析
defend, protect, safeguard, guard, shield, shelter, harbour
这些动词均有"保护，保卫"之意。
defend： 普通用词，指用武力或其它措施使人或物不受损害，消除危险。用作比喻时，指坚持某种行动、决定或意见。
protect： 普通用词，指用某种手段作为防御工具以防危险或伤害。
safeguard： 语气强，指采取积极措施预防可能发生的一切攻击或危险。
guard： 普通用词，指保持警惕以防可能的攻击或伤害。
shield： 语气比protect强，但侧重防止迫在眉睫的攻击或伤害。
shelter： 通常指寻找安全地方躲避风雨或使人免遭危害。
harbour： 贬义词，指隐匿或非法保护、窝藏。
考试真题
- However, Soren Andreasen, a social scientist at Dalberg Global Development Partners who supervised the writing of the report, defended it, saying that it was clear that the numbers were rough estimates.
出自-2011年6月阅读原文
- Google defends its scanning in-copyright books by saying that the online display of in-copyright books is not for commercial use.
出自-2011年12月阅读原文
- Apple argues that it is fighting to preserve a principle that most of us who are addicted to our smartphones can defend: Weaken a single iPhone so that its contents can be viewed by the American government and you risk weakening all iPhones for any govern
2017年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B
- The researchers explained that the study demonstrated when we are in a novel environment the brain partly remains alert so that humans can defend themselves against any potential danger.
2017年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A
实用场景例句
- He has employed one of the UK's top lawyers to defend him.
- 他请了英国一位顶尖律师为他辩护。
牛津词典
- (politics 政)He intends to defend his seat in the next election.
- 他想在下届选举中寻求连任。
牛津词典
- She will be defending her title at next month's championships.
- 她将在下月的锦标赛上争取蝉联冠军。
牛津词典
- Politicians are skilled at defending themselves against their critics.
- 从政者都善于为自己辩解，反驳别人的批评。
牛津词典
- How can you defend such behaviour?
- 你怎能为这种行为辩解呢？
牛津词典
- He is defending champion .
- 他在参加卫冕赛。
牛津词典
- Troops have been sent to defend the borders.
- 已派出部队去守卫边疆。
牛津词典
- It is impossible to defend against an all-out attack.
- 防御全面进攻是不可能的。
牛津词典
- All our officers are trained to defend themselves against knife attacks.
- 我们所有的警察都接受过自卫训练，能够对付持刀袭击。
牛津词典
- The author defends herself against charges of racism by noting that blacks are only one of her targets...
- 面对种族主义指控，作者替自己辩护说黑人只是她的抨击目标之一。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a lawyer who defended political prisoners during the military regime...
- 在军人政权时期为政治犯辩护的律师
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He has hired a lawyer to defend him against the allegations...
- 他已聘请了一位律师针对这些指控为自己辩护。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Torrence expects to defend her title successfully in the next Olympics...
- 托伦斯希望在下届奥运会上能够卫冕成功。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- India had to struggle to beat defending champions South Korea 2-0.
- 印度队苦战之下才以 2 比 0 击败卫冕冠军韩国队。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Matt defended all of Clarence's decisions, right or wrong...
- 克拉伦斯的决定，不管对错，马特都予以维护。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- His courage in defending religious and civil rights inspired many outside the church...
- 他在捍卫宗教和公民权利时所表现出来的勇气鼓舞了许多教会之外的人。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Every man who could fight was now committed to defend the ridge...
- 每个能够参加战斗的男子现在都决心要保卫这条山脊。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He got the best advocate in town to defend him.
- 他请城里最好的律师为他辩护.
《简明英汉词典》
- The cat fought fiercely to defend its young.
- 那只猫拼命反抗,以保护小猫.
《简明英汉词典》
- Men were detached to defend the pass.
- 已经派遣了人员去防守关隘.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- They summoned men to defend their country.
- 他们召集男人来保卫国家.
《简明英汉词典》
- We are determined to defend our motherland at all costs.
- 我们决心不惜任何代价保卫祖国.
《简明英汉词典》
- The accused man had a lawyer to defend him.
- 被告有一律师为他辩护.
《现代英汉综合大词典》