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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