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基本釋義

v.
防御; 保衛(wèi); 防守; 替…辯護; 辯解; 衛(wèi)冕; 參加…以保住…

詞性變化

實用例句

He has employed one of the UK's top lawyers to defend him.

他請了英國一位頂尖律師為他辯護。

牛津詞典

(politics 政)He intends to defend his seat in the next election.

他想在下屆選舉中尋求連任。

牛津詞典

She will be defending her title at next month's championships.

她將在下月的錦標賽上爭取蟬聯冠軍。

牛津詞典

Politicians are skilled at defending themselves against their critics.

從政者都善于為自己辯解,反駁別人的批評。

牛津詞典

How can you defend such behaviour?

你怎能為這種行為辯解呢?

牛津詞典

He is defending champion .

他在參加衛(wèi)冕賽。

牛津詞典

Troops have been sent to defend the borders.

已派出部隊去守衛(wèi)邊疆。

牛津詞典

It is impossible to defend against an all-out attack.

防御全面進攻是不可能的。

牛津詞典

All our officers are trained to defend themselves against knife attacks.

我們所有的警察都接受過自衛(wèi)訓練,能夠對付持刀襲擊。

牛津詞典

The author defends herself against charges of racism by noting that blacks are only one of her targets...

面對種族主義指控,作者替自己辯護說黑人只是她的抨擊目標之一。

...a lawyer who defended political prisoners during the military regime...

在軍人政權時期為政治犯辯護的律師

He has hired a lawyer to defend him against the allegations...

他已聘請了一位律師針對這些指控為自己辯護。

Torrence expects to defend her title successfully in the next Olympics...

托倫斯希望在下屆奧運會上能夠衛(wèi)冕成功。

India had to struggle to beat defending champions South Korea 2-0.

印度隊苦戰(zhàn)之下才以 2 比 0 擊敗衛(wèi)冕冠軍韓國隊。

Matt defended all of Clarence's decisions, right or wrong...

克拉倫斯的決定,不管對錯,馬特都予以維護。

His courage in defending religious and civil rights inspired many outside the church...

他在捍衛(wèi)宗教和公民權利時所表現出來的勇氣鼓舞了許多教會之外的人。

Every man who could fight was now committed to defend the ridge...

每個能夠參加戰(zhàn)斗的男子現在都決心要保衛(wèi)這條山脊。

He got the best advocate in town to defend him.

他請城里最好的律師為他辯護.

《簡明英漢詞典》

The cat fought fiercely to defend its young.

那只貓拼命反抗,以保護小貓.

《簡明英漢詞典》

Men were detached to defend the pass.

已經派遣了人員去防守關隘.

《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

They summoned men to defend their country.

他們召集男人來保衛(wèi)國家.

《簡明英漢詞典》

We are determined to defend our motherland at all costs.

我們決心不惜任何代價保衛(wèi)祖國.

《簡明英漢詞典》

The accused man had a lawyer to defend him.

被告有一律師為他辯護.

《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

真題例句

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月閱讀原文

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月閱讀原文

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月六級真題(第三套)閱讀 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月六級真題(第三套)閱讀 Section A

英英釋義

Verb
  • 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"

同義詞辨析

defend, protect, safeguard, guard, shield, shelter, harbour

這些動詞均有"保護,保衛(wèi)"之意。

  • defend: 普通用詞,指用武力或其它措施使人或物不受損害,消除危險。用作比喻時,指堅持某種行動、決定或意見。
  • protect: 普通用詞,指用某種手段作為防御工具以防危險或傷害。
  • safeguard: 語氣強,指采取積極措施預防可能發(fā)生的一切攻擊或危險。
  • guard: 普通用詞,指保持警惕以防可能的攻擊或傷害。
  • shield: 語氣比protect強,但側重防止迫在眉睫的攻擊或傷害。
  • shelter: 通常指尋找安全地方躲避風雨或使人免遭危害。
  • harbour: 貶義詞,指隱匿或非法保護、窩藏。

同義詞

vt.防御;保衛(wèi);保護

safeguardprotectsupportshield

反義詞

vt. & vi.防御;保護

chargeattackassail

最新英語單詞

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