| 释义 |
self-deˈfensive, a.
[self- 1 e.]
Of, pertaining to, or involving the principle of, self-defence. So self-deˈfensory a.
1828Lights & Shades I. 6 A habit of *self-defensive refusal to all similar propositions. 1905Q. Rev. Oct. 473 The next self-defensive artifice is that of accommodation and compromise.
1872H. W. Beecher Lect. Preaching ii. 33 A man of..peaceableness,..though of high spirit and *self-defensory power when required. |