VERB 防御;保卫;保护 If you defend someone or something, you take action in order to protect them.
Every man who could fight was now committed to defend the ridge... 每个能够参加战斗的男子现在都决心要保卫这条山脊。
His courage in defending religious and civil rights inspired many outside the church... 他在捍卫宗教和公民权利时所表现出来的勇气鼓舞了许多教会之外的人。
They would have killed him if he had not defended himself... 如果他没有进行自卫的话,他们早就把他给杀死了。
In 1991 he and his friends defended themselves against some white racist thugs who set upon them for no other reason than their skin colour. 1991 年,他和朋友在面对几个仅仅因为肤色就攻击他们的白人种族主义暴徒时奋起自卫。
VERB 替…辩护;为…辩解;维护 If you defend someone or something when they have been criticized, you argue in support of them.
Matt defended all of Clarence's decisions, right or wrong... 克拉伦斯的决定,不管对错,马特都予以维护。
The author defends herself against charges of racism by noting that blacks are only one of her targets... 面对种族主义指控,作者替自己辩护说黑人只是她的抨击目标之一。
Police chiefs strongly defended police conduct against a wave of criticism. 针对批评的浪潮,警察局长们极力为警方的行为进行辩护。
VERB (律师)为(被告)辩护 When a lawyer defends a person who has been accused of something, the lawyer argues on their behalf in a court of law that the charges are not true.
...a lawyer who defended political prisoners during the military regime... 在军人政权时期为政治犯辩护的律师
He has hired a lawyer to defend him against the allegations... 他已聘请了一位律师针对这些指控为自己辩护。
Guy Powell, defending, told magistrates: 'It's a sad and disturbing case.' 盖伊·鲍威尔在进行辩护时对地方法官说道:“这是一件非常不幸、令人不安的案子。”
VERB 卫(冕) When a sports player plays in the tournament which they won the previous time it was held, you can say that they are defending their title.
Torrence expects to defend her title successfully in the next Olympics... 托伦斯希望在下届奥运会上能够卫冕成功。
India had to struggle to beat defending champions South Korea 2-0. 印度队苦战之下才以 2 比 0 击败卫冕冠军韩国队。
They would have killed him if he had not defended himself 如果他没有进行自卫的话,他们早就把他给杀死了。
In 1991 he and his friends defended themselves against some white racist thugs who set upon them for no other reason than their skin colour. 1991年,他和朋友在面对几个仅仅因为肤色就攻击他们的白人种族主义暴徒时奋起自卫。
Matt defended all of Clarence's decisions, right or wrong 克拉伦斯的决定,不管对错,马特都予以维护。
Police chiefs strongly defended police conduct against a wave of criticism. 针对批评的浪潮,警察局长们极力为警方的行为进行辩护。
Once the dust had settled Beck defended his decision 事态一旦平息,贝克就为他的决定辩白。
He gamely defended his organisation's decision. 他极力为其组织的决定辩解。
A London Underground spokesman defended the decision to hold the train until police arrived. 伦敦地铁公司的发言人为推迟发车直到警方赶来的决定作了辩解。
The BBC yesterday defended a series featuring dramatic crime reconstructions against suggestions of voyeurism. 英国广播公司昨日为一部生动再现犯罪活动的电视系列剧进行了辩护,称其并没有窥探他人隐私之嫌。
We have defended the fruits of our victory. 我们保卫了我们的胜利果实。
The enemy rear is weakly defended. 敌人后方空虚。
The village was defended by a river. 这个村庄有一条河防护着。
The prime minister defended her action. 首相为她的行动进行辩护。
For a half century, America defended our own freedom by standing watch on distant borders. 半个世纪以来,美国守护了遥远的边疆,捍卫了我们自己的自由。
I would not have written, but justice requires my character to be defended. 我本来可以不写,但正义要求我为自己的品格辩护。
The right to have one's own union and independent strikes had to be defended. 我们必须捍卫拥有自己的工会和举行独立罢工的权利。
I have always defended our alliance and friendship with america. 我始终维护我们和美国的友好结盟关系。
Initially, only a few hunting rifles and sandbags defended the parliament. 起初,保卫议会的只有几杆猎枪和沙袋。
He's a team-mate and he must be protected and defended from the criticism. 他的队友和他自己应该被保护起来,避免遭到外界的批评。
His work was defended, expanded upon, and corrected by Galileo Galileiand Johannes Kepler. 他的工作是维护,扩大和纠正伽利略和约翰内斯开普勒。
He strongly defended the ECB's actions since the financial crisis erupted. 他对欧洲央行自美国次级抵押贷款危机爆发以来的行动进行了强烈辩护。
She defended the proposition that we could not afford to make any more cuts in spending on education. 她为我们不能对教育经费再作任何削减的主张进行了辩护。
He defended me from harm. 他保护我使我没受伤害。
She defended herself successfully in court. 她在法庭上成功地为自己作了辩护。
Novartis defended the decision, saying that it had planned to register the drug long before winning the award. 诺华对这个决定进行了辩护,它说它在获得这个奖的很久之前就打算注册该药了。
The newspaper defended its unpopular editorial stance. 该报为其不受欢迎的编辑方针进行了辩护。
He defended his ideas vigorously. 他对自己的观点进行了有力的辩护。
Ali defended his title for three years, but was less successful in his battle with the draft board. 阿里捍卫他的冠军头衔达3年之久,但和征兵局的斗争可就没有那么成功了。
Iran's president also defended statements he made last Monday before a U. 伊朗总统还为他上星期在联合国种族会议上发表的讲话进行了辩护。
But Ms Wu defended her decision. 但吴女士为她的主张做出了辩护。
It must be nurtured, maintained, defended. 我们必须精心培育、维护和捍卫和平。