defense

/di'fens/

BNC频率: 16875

现代语料频率: 657

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中文翻译

n. 防卫, 防卫物

[医] 防御

英文解释

n. (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies

n. protection from harm

n. (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring

词态变化

复数形式:defenses

常见例句

n a line of defense consisting of a barrier of felled or live trees with branches (sharpened or with barbed wire entwined) pointed toward the enemy

a fortification for defense. n

(law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question v

n (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question n a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc. v exonerate by means of an alibi

in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims n