defensive
adj. 自卫的；防御用的
n. 防御；守势
adj.
防御用的，防守的；辩护的；自卫的；
n.
守势；辩护；
英英释义
defensive[ di'fensiv ]
n.an attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase `on the defensive')
同义词：defensive attitude
adj.
intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack
"defensive weapons"; "a defensive stance"
attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing
同义词：justificativejustificatory
serving as or appropriate for defending or protecting
"defensive fortifications"; "defensive dikes to protect against floods"
词组短语
on the defensive处于防御状态
defensive line[橄榄球]防线
defensive end防守端锋；防守边锋
defensive strategy防卫策略；防守战略
defensive medicine防御式医疗
双语例句
用作形容词(adj.)
They teamed together into a defensive alliance.
他们联合起来组成一个防卫同盟。
Our troops took up defensive positions on high ground overlooking the river.
我部队在临河高地上占据了防御阵地。
When asked to explain her behavior, she gave a very defensive answer.
当问她为什么要这样做时，她极力为自己辩护。
She's very defensive about her part in the affair.
她极力掩盖她在此事中充当的角色。
用作名词(n.)
They put entirely on the defensive.
他们被迫完全处于守势。
权威例句
Defensive function of herbivore-induced plant volatile emissions in nature.Defensive Marketing Strategy by Customer Complaint Management: A Theoretical Analysis
Mouse defensive behaviors: pharmacological and behavioral assays for anxiety and panic
Herbivory and Defensive Characteristics of Tree Species in a Lowland Tropical Forest
Neural organization of the defensive behavior system responsible for fear
Fungal Endophytes of Grasses: A Defensive Mutualism between Plants and Fungi
Emotion and motivation I: defensive and appetitive reactions in picture processing.
Orienting in a defensive world: Mammalian modifications of our evolutionary heritage. A Polyvagal Theory
A two-dimensional neuropsychology of defense: fear/anxiety and defensive distance.
The systemin signaling pathway: differential activation of plant defensive genes.
defensive
c. 1400 (adj. and noun), from French défensif (14c.), from Medieval Latin defensivus, from defens-, past participle stem of Latin defendere (see defend). Of persons, "alert to reject criticism," from 1919. Related: Defensively; defensiveness.
1. So Croesus made a defensive alliance both with the Lacedemonians and Egyptians.
因此，克雷兹既同拉克代蒙人又同埃及人结成了防守同盟。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
2. He was on the defensive all the time I was speaking to him.
我说他时，他总是辩解。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
3. He became noticeably defensive.
他十分谨慎地为自己辩护。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
4. put somebody on the defensive
使某人处于防御地位
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
5. It put the enthusiasts for progressive methods on the defensive.
它迫使热情支持进步教学法的人处于守势。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
6. Time is found to have built its own defensive lines, camouflaged vulnerable points.
时光的流逝筑起了层层防线，把薄弱环节伪装起来。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
7. I left so that the numbness of my defensive living might thaw out.
我的出走，是要让我那但求温饱的僵冻心理得以冰释。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
8. A Security Council meeting was likely to generate rhetoric that put us on the defensive.
安理会如果开会，很可能会引出使我们处于守势的讲话。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
9. Animal agriculture was on the defensive.
畜牧业处于逆境。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
10. a defensive position
防御阵地
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
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