单词 | defenceless |
释义 | defencelessWord family noun defence/defense defendant defender defensiveness defencelessnessDefenderismdefensativedefensibilitydefencemandefence mechanismdefenceadjective defenceless/defenseless defensible ≠ indefensible defensive defenceddefencelessdefendabledefendedverb defend adverb defensibly ≠ indefensibly defensively defencelessly de·fence·less British EnglishBrE, defenseless American EnglishAmE /dɪˈfensləs/ adjectiveadj WEAKweak and unable to protect yourself from attack or harm 无防卫能力的 a defenceless old lady 没有自卫能力的老太太 Examples from the Corpus defenceless• If she had allowed him in, she would have been defenceless.• He closed the door closed behind him, leaving her cruelly defenceless against his bitter attack.• Not only were they hungry, but they also felt defenceless against more allied bombing.• Then defenceless, all we could do was fight the panic and slowly slip away.• Afterwards, he sat and watched her: drinking in the picture of her despoiled, defenceless beauty.• Small but dangerously exciting trickles of pleasure were still winging their way through her virtually defenceless body.• No one is doing anything to help these poor defenceless children.• The slim man had seized the whip, and after two more murderous kicks, commenced to thrash the defenceless coachman.• When one finds defenceless prey, others will soon come.• In the first weeks of the war, dozens of defenceless ships were sunk by submarines.• Hutt panicked and struck again and again and again until his defenceless victim fell to the floor. |
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