| 单词 | self-defense |
| 释义 | self-defense —self-defensive, adj. /self"di fens", self'-/, n. 1. the act of defending one's person when physically attacked, as by countering blows or overcoming an assailant: the art of self-defense. 2. a claim or plea that the use of force or injuring or killing another was necessary in defending one's own person from physical attack: He shot the man who was trying to stab him and pleaded self-defense at the murder trial. 3. an act or instance of defending or protecting one's own interests, property, ideas, etc., as by argument or strategy. Also, esp. Brit., self-defence. [1645-55] |
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