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defend v.防守；防护；辩护 (1) 有些运动员较擅长打防卫。(2) 工会说他们将采取行动维护会员的工作权益。(3) 他害怕刘备和孙权继续向他进攻,派人在荆州防守。(4) 她示范最有效的自卫方法。(5) 他开始为这一态度辩护。 If you order the blood sausage and lamb when you're out to eat with your vegan friends, you may have to defend your eating habits, meaning speak up in support of your choices. Defend can also be something more concrete, like when you defend your property or your country. The lawyer who represents someone accused of a crime is there to defend the accused person — who is called the defendant — and to argue his case in court.

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英 [dɪ'fend] 美 [dɪ'fend] (1) Some players are better at defending.(2) The union said that they would take action to defend their member's jobs.(3) He was afraid of being attacked by Liu Bei and Sun Quan, so he sent a troop to defend Jingzhou.(4) She demonstrated how best to defend oneself.(5) He undertook to defend this attitude. Defend has different shades of meaning, but it always has the sense of protecting something — your ideas, for instance, or your title as world heavyweight champion. 1[VERB 动词]防御；保卫；保护 If you defend someone or something, you take action in order to protect them.   [V n]  [V pron-refl]  [V pron-refl against n]  [Also V n against n]Every man who could fight was now committed to defend the ridge...每个能够参加战斗的男子现在都决心要保卫这条山脊。His courage in defending religious and civil rights inspired many outside the church...他在捍卫宗教和公民权利时所表现出来的勇气鼓舞了许多教会之外的人。They would have killed him if he had not defended himself...如果他没有进行自卫的话，他们早就把他给杀死了。In 1991 he and his friends defended themselves against some white racist thugs who set upon them for no other reason than their skin colour.1991 年，他和朋友在面对几个仅仅因为肤色就攻击他们的白人种族主义暴徒时奋起自卫。2[VERB 动词]替…辩护；为…辩解；维护 If you defend someone or something when they have been criticized, you argue in support of them.   [V n]  [V pron-refl against n]  [V n against n]  [Also V pron-refl]Matt defended all of Clarence's decisions, right or wrong...克拉伦斯的决定，不管对错，马特都予以维护。The author defends herself against charges of racism by noting that blacks are only one of her targets...面对种族主义指控，作者替自己辩护说黑人只是她的抨击目标之一。Police chiefs strongly defended police conduct against a wave of criticism.针对批评的浪潮，警察局长们极力为警方的行为进行辩护。3[VERB 动词](律师)为(被告)辩护 When a lawyer defends a person who has been accused of something, the lawyer argues on their behalf in a court of law that the charges are not true.   [V n]  [V n against n]  [V]...a lawyer who defended political prisoners during the military regime...在军人政权时期为政治犯辩护的律师He has hired a lawyer to defend him against the allegations...他已聘请了一位律师针对这些指控为自己辩护。Guy Powell, defending, told magistrates: 'It's a sad and disturbing case.'盖伊·鲍威尔在进行辩护时对地方法官说道:“这是一件非常不幸、令人不安的案子。”4[VERB 动词]卫(冕) When a sports player plays in the tournament which they won the previous time it was held, you can say that they are defending their title.   [V n]  [V-ing]  [JOURNALISM 新闻]Torrence expects to defend her title successfully in the next Olympics...托伦斯希望在下届奥运会上能够卫冕成功。India had to struggle to beat defending champions South Korea 2-0.印度队苦战之下才以 2 比 0 击败卫冕冠军韩国队。

英语单词	defend
英美音标	英 [dɪ'fend] 美 [dɪ'fend]
中文释义	v.防守；防护；辩护
英语例句	(1) Some players are better at defending. (2) The union said that they would take action to defend their member's jobs. (3) He was afraid of being attacked by Liu Bei and Sun Quan, so he sent a troop to defend Jingzhou. (4) She demonstrated how best to defend oneself. (5) He undertook to defend this attitude.
中文例句	(1) 有些运动员较擅长打防卫。 (2) 工会说他们将采取行动维护会员的工作权益。 (3) 他害怕刘备和孙权继续向他进攻,派人在荆州防守。 (4) 她示范最有效的自卫方法。 (5) 他开始为这一态度辩护。
vocabulary简明	Defend has different shades of meaning, but it always has the sense of protecting something — your ideas, for instance, or your title as world heavyweight champion.
vocabulary扩展	If you order the blood sausage and lamb when you're out to eat with your vegan friends, you may have to defend your eating habits, meaning speak up in support of your choices. Defend can also be something more concrete, like when you defend your property or your country. The lawyer who represents someone accused of a crime is there to defend the accused person — who is called the defendant — and to argue his case in court.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]防御；保卫；保护 If you defend someone or something, you take action in order to protect them. [V n] [V pron-refl] [V pron-refl against n] [Also V n against n] Every man who could fight was now committed to defend the ridge... 每个能够参加战斗的男子现在都决心要保卫这条山脊。 His courage in defending religious and civil rights inspired many outside the church... 他在捍卫宗教和公民权利时所表现出来的勇气鼓舞了许多教会之外的人。 They would have killed him if he had not defended himself... 如果他没有进行自卫的话，他们早就把他给杀死了。 In 1991 he and his friends defended themselves against some white racist thugs who set upon them for no other reason than their skin colour. 1991 年，他和朋友在面对几个仅仅因为肤色就攻击他们的白人种族主义暴徒时奋起自卫。 2 [VERB 动词]替…辩护；为…辩解；维护 If you defend someone or something when they have been criticized, you argue in support of them. [V n] [V pron-refl against n] [V n against n] [Also V pron-refl] Matt defended all of Clarence's decisions, right or wrong... 克拉伦斯的决定，不管对错，马特都予以维护。 The author defends herself against charges of racism by noting that blacks are only one of her targets... 面对种族主义指控，作者替自己辩护说黑人只是她的抨击目标之一。 Police chiefs strongly defended police conduct against a wave of criticism. 针对批评的浪潮，警察局长们极力为警方的行为进行辩护。 3 [VERB 动词](律师)为(被告)辩护 When a lawyer defends a person who has been accused of something, the lawyer argues on their behalf in a court of law that the charges are not true. [V n] [V n against n] [V] ...a lawyer who defended political prisoners during the military regime... 在军人政权时期为政治犯辩护的律师 He has hired a lawyer to defend him against the allegations... 他已聘请了一位律师针对这些指控为自己辩护。 Guy Powell, defending, told magistrates: 'It's a sad and disturbing case.' 盖伊·鲍威尔在进行辩护时对地方法官说道:“这是一件非常不幸、令人不安的案子。” 4 [VERB 动词]卫(冕) When a sports player plays in the tournament which they won the previous time it was held, you can say that they are defending their title. [V n] [V-ing] [JOURNALISM 新闻] Torrence expects to defend her title successfully in the next Olympics... 托伦斯希望在下届奥运会上能够卫冕成功。 India had to struggle to beat defending champions South Korea 2-0. 印度队苦战之下才以 2 比 0 击败卫冕冠军韩国队。

Defend [V N Lawyer Ed Verb 动词 Accused