Defend

[dɪ'fend] or [dɪ'fɛnd]

解释:

(verb.) argue or speak in defense of; 'She supported the motion to strike'.

(verb.) be on the defensive; act against an attack.

(verb.) protect against a challenge or attack; 'Hold that position behind the trees!'; 'Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks'.

(verb.) be the defense counsel for someone in a trial; 'Ms. Smith will represent the defendant'.

录入:泰茜--From WordNet

解释:

(v. t.) To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel.

(v. t.) To prohibit; to forbid.

(v. t.) To repel danger or harm from; to protect; to secure against; attack; to maintain against force or argument; to uphold; to guard; as, to defend a town; to defend a cause; to defend character; to defend the absent; -- sometimes followed by from or against; as, to defend one's self from, or against, one's enemies.

(v. t.) To deny the right of the plaintiff in regard to (the suit, or the wrong charged); to oppose or resist, as a claim at law; to contest, as a suit.

珍妮特录入

同义词及近义词：

v. a. [1]. Guard, PROTECT, shield, secure from danger, secure from attack.[2]. Vindicate, assert, maintain, uphold, justify, espouse, plead.

手打:尤赖亚

解释:

v.t. to keep off anything hurtful: to guard or protect: to maintain against attack: (obs.) to prohibit forbid: (law) to resist as a claim: to contest.—adj. Defend′able that may be defended.—ns. Defend′ant a defender: (law) a person accused or sued; Defendee′ one who is defended; Defend′er; Defen′sative a protection; Defensibil′ity.—adjs. Defens′ible that may be defended; Defens′ive Defen′sory serving to defend: in a state or posture of defence.—n. that which defends: posture of defence.—adv. Defens′ively.—Defender of the Faith a title borne by the sovereigns of England since Henry VIII. on whom it was conferred in 1521 for his book against Luther.—Be on the defensive to be in the position to defend one's self.

校对:齐利格