| 单词 | defencelessness |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdeˈfencelessness deˈfencelessness n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [noun] > liability to harm, loss, etc. > action or condition of exposure to harm > unprotectedness nakednessa1586 openness1587 exposedness1620 obviousness1669 defencelessness1683 unguardedness1818 unprotectedness1819 fencelessness1856 1683 L. Milbourne Samaritanism Reviv'd 12 The present Openness and Defencelesness of their Condition made every Idle Rumour terrible to them. 1796 J. Stanford Christian's Pocket Libr. I. 262 Lambs.., from their..defencelessness, are equally descriptive of those young converts whom Peter was commanded to feed. 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 13 His unprotectedness, his utter defencelessness, have an irresistible claim on every better feeling. 1910 F. L. Paxon Last Amer. Frontier xv. 243 Agents of the South passed among the tribes, inciting them to outbreak by pointing out..the defencelessness of the frontier. 2015 Taranaki (N.Z.) Daily News (Nexis) 14 July 6 Sometimes a child's defencelessness has fatal consequences. < as lemmas |
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