defense
- n.防守;防卫;防护;防御措施
- v.谋划抵御
defensenoun
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- the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury
- a good boxer needs a good defense
- defense against hurricanes is an urgent problem
- Synonym: defence
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- protection from harm
- sanitation is the best defense against disease
- Synonym: defence
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- (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
- they died in the defense of Stalingrad
- they were developed for the defense program
- Synonym: defence defensive measure
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- a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
- he gave evidence for the defense
- Synonym: defence denial demurrer
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- a structure used to defend against attack
- the artillery battered down the defenses
- Synonym: defensive structure defence
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- the justification for some act or belief
- he offered a persuasive defense of the theory
- Synonym: defence vindication
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- 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
- Synonym: refutation defence
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- an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
- he joined the defense against invasion
- Synonym: defence defense force defence force
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- the defendant and his legal advisors collectively
- the defense called for a mistrial
- Synonym: defence defense team defense lawyers
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- (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
- his teams are always good on defense
- Synonym: defence defending team
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- (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
- Synonym: defense mechanism defense reaction defence mechanism defence reaction defence
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He plays on defense .
他打防守。
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The Redskins ' offense is stronger than their defense .
印第安人队的进攻强于防守。
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He realized none of his schoolmates would come to his defense
他意识到没有一个同学会挺身为他辩护。
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The defense wants the district Judge to throw out the case .
辩护律师希望区法官不受理那个案子。
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We have already succeeded in working out ground rules with the Department of Defense
我们已经成功地与国防部敲定了基本原则。
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Defense experts say joint projects are increasingly squeezed by budget pressures .
国防专家说合作项目正迫于预算压力越来越受到压缩。
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The Defense Secretary gave an upbeat assessment of the war so far
国防部长对目前的战事给予了乐观的评价。
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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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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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Prosecution and defense lawyers are expected to deliver closing arguments next week .
下周控辩双方律师将进行结案陈词。
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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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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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Defense planners predict an extended period of retrenchment .
国防规划人员预计开支紧缩期会延长。
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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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He sees the proposal as more of a diplomatic gambit than a serious defense proposal
在他看来，与其说这是一项精心筹划的国防动议，倒不如说是外交上的一着妙棋。
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The press corps was primed to leap to the defense of the fired officials .
记者团获知信息后，立即声援被解雇官员。
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A Defense Department spokesman briefed reporters
一位国防部发言人向记者们简要介绍了情况。
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The boy could have felt sorry for himself and become depressed , or he could have adopted hardened cynicism as a defense .
这个男孩本有可能自怜自哀、抑郁消沉，也有可能采取冷酷的愤世嫉俗态度来保护自己。
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The defense department decided to deploy a new missile system .
国防部决定部署新的导弹系统。
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The defense has to find the key witness .
辩方得找到关键证人。
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The accused has the right to defense .
被告人有权获得辩护。
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Leagues are commonly made for mutual defense .
结成联盟往往是为了共同防御。
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Does the PC Defense software support Chinese user interface ?
软件支持中文用户介面吗？
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We must see that there is no gap in our defense .
我们必须确保我们的防御没有漏洞。
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The Roman Empire depended largely on auxiliaries for its defense .
罗马帝国在防务上很大程度依靠雇佣军。
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The only nonscholastic source of classroom material larger than corporations is Department of defense .
超过公司提供教材的唯一非学术性的来源就是国防部。
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A few years later , a large defense buildup finally provided a fiscal stimulus adequate to the economy 's needs — and suddenly industry was eager to employ those " unadaptable and untrained " workers .
几年后，一个大型的国防工程终于提供了经济体所需的足够的财政刺激——然后突然间企业就热衷雇用这些“无法适应工作且缺乏培训”的员工了。
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The Internet was developed during the 1970s by the Department of Defense .
20世纪70年代国防部开发了因特网
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Making is available to ordinary people who aren 't tied to big companies , big defense labs or research universities .
那些不在大型公司、大型国防实验室、研究型大学的普通人也可以进行制造。
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And the best defense against memory loss is to try to prevent it by building up your brain 's cognitive reserve , Daffner says .
达夫勒说，应对记忆缺失最好的办法就是通过建立自己大脑的认知储备来努力预防。