Noun:

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

   "they died in the defense of Stalingrad"
   "they were developed for the defense program"
   

2. protection from harm;

   "sanitation is the best defense against disease"
   

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

   "his teams are always good on defense"
   

4. the justification for some act or belief;

   "he offered a persuasive defense of the theory"
   

5. (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

6. the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947

7. the defendant and his legal advisors collectively;

   "the defense called for a mistrial"
   

8. the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions;

   "his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive"
   "in defense he said the other man started it"
   

9. an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack;

   "he joined the defense against invasion"
   

10. a structure used to defend against attack;

    "the artillery battered down the defenses"
    

11. a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him;

    "he gave evidence for the defense"
    

12. the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury;

    "a good boxer needs a good defense"
    "defense against hurricanes is an urgent problem"
    

1. -> see defence

1. 防守：传球进攻(passing) 跑动进攻(rushing) 接球(receving) 防守(defense) 阻挡(blocking) 第一部分 passing 也可以说是四分卫 QB持孤岛危机(crysis)这个游戏里一个很吸引人的地方就是那些外星异形带来的神秘感.

She spoke up in defense of her political beliefs.

她为她的政见力辩.

The organization structure and defense enzyme activity in the tobacco leaves of different shape were studied.

对不同外形烤烟鲜烟叶的组织结构和防御酶活性进行了研究.

Such an outcome is, in the face of tall opponents, he's always some tough defense.

这样的结果就是, 在面对身材高大的对手时, 他的防守总是有些吃力.

The defense of the Church became a rallying cry for the conservative forces.

保卫都会成为保守势力的战斗口号.

The defense team was incapable of handling such a high profile case.

辩方律师团无法处理这样一个引人注目的案例.

The problem of power system security defense is not solved very well in the whole world.

电力系统安全防御问题在全世界至今未得到很好解决.

The defense attorney phrased his summation at last.

最后,辩护律师作了辩论总结.

The accused has the right to defense.

被告人有权获得辩护.

In his defense he alleged temporary insanity.

他伪称一时精神错乱,为自己辩解.

His defense, which seems credible on the evidence so far, is that the bank masked its skullduggery so completely that no regulator anywhere in the world could get a handle on it.

他的辩词(根据目前证据似乎可信)是:银行把它的偷天换日的做法遮掩得天衣无逢,全世界任何地方的监管人员都无法掌握.

The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.

战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员.

Washington advocated the coffee break, then, as a morale builder 'u2014 particularly for the defense workers.

美国政府提倡给人们喝咖啡休息时间, 当时是提高士气——特别是对那些从事国防工作的人员而言.

Those war plans rested on a belief in the ineluctable superiority of the offense over the defense.

那些战争计划有一个信念为基础,即进攻必然比防守有利.

The prosecution and defense were bandying accusations back and forth.

原告和被告你来我往，互相指责。

NATO defense ministers wrap up their meeting in Brussels today.

北约各国国防部长今天圆满结束了在布鲁塞尔的会议。

Their defense markets are too small to sustain economically viable production runs.

他们的国防市场太小，就经济可行性而言不足以维持生产。

Twenty eight percent of the federal budget is spent on defense.

28%的联邦预算用于国防。

Issues of national defense have been the undoing of Democratic candidates.

国防问题导致了民主党候选人的失利。

The press corps was primed to leap to the defense of the fired officials.

记者团获知信息后，立即声援被解雇官员。

The boy could have felt sorry for himself and become depressed, or he could have adopted hardened cynicism as a defense.

这个男孩本有可能自怜自哀、抑郁消沉，也有可能采取冷酷的愤世嫉俗态度来保护自己。

She is the chair of the defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Military.

她担任军队女性权益保护顾问委员会主席。

The defense wants the district Judge to throw out the case.

辩护律师希望区法官不受理那个案子。

He realized none of his schoolmates would come to his defense.

他意识到没有一个同学会挺身为他辩护。

He sees the proposal as more of a diplomatic gambit than a serious defense proposal.

在他看来，与其说这是一项精心筹划的国防动议，倒不如说是外交上的一着妙棋。

defense experts say joint projects are increasingly squeezed by budget pressures.

国防专家说合作项目正迫于预算压力越来越受到压缩。

The defense Secretary gave an upbeat assessment of the war so far.

国防部长对目前的战事给予了乐观的评价。

Prosecution and defense lawyers are expected to deliver closing arguments next week.

下周控辩双方律师将进行结案陈词。

We have already succeeded in working out ground rules with the Department of defense.

我们已经成功地与国防部敲定了基本原则。

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