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defense

英 [dɪ'fens] 美[dɪ'fɛns]
  • n. 防卫,防护;防御措施;防守
  • vt. 谋划抵御

英英释意


1. (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring;
"his teams are always good on defense"
2. military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies;
"they died in the defense of Stalingrad"
"they were developed for the defense program"
3. the defendant and his legal advisors collectively;
"the defense called for a mistrial"
4. protection from harm;
"sanitation is the best defense against disease"
5. a structure used for defense;
"the artillery battered down the defenses"
6. the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions;
"his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive"
"in defense he said the other man started it"
7. the justification for some act or belief;
"he offered a persuasive defense of the theory"
8. a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him;
"he gave evidence for the defense"
9. an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack;
"he joined the defense against invasion"
10. (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

双语例句


1. The prosecution and defense were bandying accusations back and forth.
原告和被告你来我往,互相指责。

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2. NATO defense ministers wrap up their meeting in Brussels today.
北约各国国防部长今天圆满结束了在布鲁塞尔的会议。

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3. Their defense markets are too small to sustain economically viable production runs.
他们的国防市场太小,就经济可行性而言不足以维持生产。

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4. Twenty eight percent of the federal budget is spent on defense.
28%的联邦预算用于国防。

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5. Issues of national defense have been the undoing of Democratic candidates.
国防问题导致了民主党候选人的失利。

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