
v.防守;防護(hù);辯護(hù)
Some players are better at defending. 有些運(yùn)動(dòng)員較擅長(zhǎng)打防衛(wèi)。
The union said that they would take action to defend their member's jobs. 工會(huì)說(shuō)他們將采取行動(dòng)維護(hù)會(huì)員的工作權(quán)益。
He was afraid of being attacked by Liu Bei and Sun Quan, so he sent a troop to defend Jingzhou. 他害怕劉備和孫權(quán)繼續(xù)向他進(jìn)攻,派人在荊州防守。
He undertook to defend this attitude. 他開(kāi)始為這一態(tài)度辯護(hù)。
defend的基本意思是避開(kāi)危險(xiǎn)和進(jìn)攻以保證安全,指使用某種方法避開(kāi)實(shí)際的威脅或擊退實(shí)際的攻擊。引申可指堅(jiān)持、捍衛(wèi)某種行動(dòng)、意見(jiàn)、決定或捍衛(wèi)某種原則的純潔性。
defend可用作不及物動(dòng)詞,也可用作及物動(dòng)詞,用作及物動(dòng)詞時(shí),按名詞、代詞或that從句作賓語(yǔ)。偶爾也可接雙賓語(yǔ),可用于被動(dòng)結(jié)構(gòu)。
defend常與against連用表示“防守,捍衛(wèi)”; 與from連用表示“保護(hù)…以防,使…免遭危害”。