首页英语词典defensedefense英英释意

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