defend
vt. 防护, 辩护, 防卫 [法] 作...的辩护律师, 辩护, 为...答辩
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教材释义与例句
辩护；防护
to use arguments to protect something or someone from criticism, or to prove that something is right
保卫；防守
She was always defending her husband in front of their daughter.
她在女儿面前总是为丈夫辩解。
Students should be ready to explain and defend their views.
学生应该勇于为自己的观点进行解释和辩护。
释义与例句
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1.
To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard.
保卫
守卫
捍卫
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2.
To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of.
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3.
To make legal defence of; to represent (the accused).
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4.
To focus one's energies and talents on preventing opponents from scoring, as opposed to focusing on scoring.
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5.
Mostly in tests. The action of not putting force into hitting a shot, but to conserve energy and wear down bowlers so they can attack later.
体育 游戏The teams strategy was to defend but score runs as well for the first 20 overs.
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6.
To attempt to retain a title, or attempt to reach the same stage in a competition as one did in the previous instance of that competition.
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7.
To call a raise from the big blind.
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8.
To ward off, repel (an attack or attacker).
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9.
To prevent, to keep (from doing something).
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10.
To prohibit, forbid.
不及物 废旧 及物
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From Middle English defenden, from Old French defendre, deffendre (Modern French défendre), from Latin dēfendō (“to ward off”), from Proto-Italic *fendō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen-. Displaced native Old English bewerian.
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