Defend
[dɪ'fend] or [dɪ'fɛnd]
解釋/意思:
(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'.
錄入:泰茜--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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.
珍妮特錄入
同義詞及近義詞:
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
解釋/意思:
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.
校對:齐利格
例句/造句/用法:
- I don't defend poor Stanislas, though he has always called me his best friend. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- But if she does, I am quite sure you will find her sons able to defend their island, even against enmity and treachery. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Heaven defend me from being ungrateful! 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Here, again, he disarmed me by not attempting to defend himself. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The opportunity frequently occurred for me to defend General Buell against what I believed to be most unjust charges. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- I don't defend the folly of playing you a trick under the circumstances. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- He stood up to defend Aspasia, he was seized by a storm of very human emotion, and as he spoke he wept--a gleeful thing for the rabble. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- In great circles the air craft of the marauders swept lower and lower toward the defending forces of the therns. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- You abuse Moore for defending his mill. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- But a coward, a man incapable either of defending or of revenging himself, evidently wants one of the most essential parts of the character of a man. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- I was upstairs, mama, moving my things, said Susan, in a fearless, self-defending tone, which startled Fanny. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- But he is incapable of defending them in a discussion, and vainly tries to cover his confusion with banter and insolence. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Then of course the pirates began their attacks, and he was kept poor in defending his patents, and died comparatively so in 1860; but happy in his great discovery. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Life has been miserable--miserable, at least, of late--but I will not cast away the gift of God, while he affords me the means of defending it. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- And say, mothers of America, is this a thing to be defended, sympathized with, passed over in silence? 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- In that, he could not be defended; but if he had injured her, how much more had he injured himself; if her case were pitiable, his was hopeless. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- Melnos is well defended, but I mistrust Andros—he is too much a friend of that rascal Alcibiades. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- I love thee as I love Madrid that we have defended and as I love all my comrades that have died. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- He had defended the Sierra well and he wanted to be left alone there to defend it whenever it was attacked. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- The lower or eastern end was defended by two or three small detached works, armed with artillery and infantry. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- These two armies, and the cities covered and defended by them, were the main objective points of the campaign. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- He defends both,--and I think, at least, _consistently_. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- God often defends the powerful. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Yes; but it might make some unpleasant talk if he really defends the suit. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
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