defensive
                
          英 [d?'fens?v]
美 [d?'f?ns?v]
        
                
          
            - adj. 自衛(wèi)的;防御用的
- n. 防御;守勢
 
        
                
                英文詞源
        
        - 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.
雙語例句
        
        - 1. Circumstances dictated that they played a defensive rather than attacking game. 
- 比賽形勢決定了他們要打防守戰(zhàn)而不是進攻戰(zhàn)。
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- 2. Like their children, parents are often defensive about their private lives. 
- 就像子女一樣,父母也常常很注重保護他們的私生活。
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- 3. He smiled, not wanting to put the man on the defensive. 
- 他笑了笑,不想讓那個人產(chǎn)生抵觸情緒。
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- 4. Accusations are likely to put the other person on the defensive. 
- 譴責(zé)很可能會引發(fā)對方自我防衛(wèi)的反應(yīng)。
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- 5. The government said the moves were purely defensive. 
- 政府說這些舉措純粹是出于防御目的。
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