| 释义 |
defence /di-fensˈ/ or N American defense /dēˈfens/ noun- (an act of) defending
- Capability or means of resisting an attack
- Protection
- A protective piece of armour
- Vindication, justification (for an action, etc)
- A defendant's plea or argument (law)
- The defending party in legal proceedings
- The members of a (football, hockey, etc) team whose role is to prevent the other team from scoring
ORIGIN: L dēfendere, dēfēnsum to ward off defencedˈ adjective Fortified defenceˈless adjective defenceˈlessly adverb defenceˈlessness noun defend /di-fendˈ/ transitive verb - To keep off anything hurtful from
- To guard or protect
- To maintain against attack
- To prohibit, forbid (obsolete)
- To ward off
- To resist (eg a claim) (law)
- To act as a lawyer for (a defending party)
- To contest
intransitive verb (sport)To have, and act on, the responsibility for preventing scoring defendˈable adjective That may be defended defendˈant noun - A defender
- A person accused or sued (law)
defendˈed adjective - Guarded
- Protected
- Maintained against attack
- Forbidden (obsolete; Milton)
defendˈer noun - A person who defends
- A player who defends the goal, etc
- The holder of a championship, etc who seeks to maintain his or her title
- A person who accepts a challenge (obsolete)
- A person sued or accused (Scots law)
- (in pl; with cap) an Irish Roman Catholic society formed at the end of the 18c in opposition to the Peep-o'-day Boys and the Orangemen (historical)
Defendˈerism noun (esp historical) The policies of the Defenders defenˈsative noun (obsolete) A protection defensibilˈity noun defensˈible adjective Capable of being defended defensˈibly adverb defensˈive adjective - Defending
- Cautious, attempting to justify one's actions
- In a state or posture of defence
noun- That which defends
- Posture of defence
defensˈively adverb defens'iveness noun defenceˈman or (esp N American) defenseˈman noun (in ice-hockey and lacrosse) a player (other than the goalkeeper) who defends the goal defence mechanism noun - An unconscious mental process by which an individual excludes ideas or experiences painful or unacceptable to him or her (psychiatry)
- A response by the body, an organism, etc in reaction to harmful organisms, predators, etc
defender of the faith A title held by the sovereigns of England since Henry VIII, on whom it was conferred in 1521 for his book against Luther stand or be on the defensive To be in the position of defending oneself, not attacking |