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单词 defencelessness
释义
defencelessness
noun[U]
UK(USdefenselessness)
uk
/dɪˈfens.ləs.nəs/us
/dɪˈfens.ləs.nəs/
thequalityof beingweakandunabletoprotectyourself fromattack:
无助；不能自保
Wenaturallyassociatebabieswith defencelessness.我们很自然地会将婴儿与无助联系在一起。
She wasawareof her defencelessness in thefaceof thesedangers.面对这些危险，她意识到自己无能为力。
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  • She uses herassumeddefencelessness to heradvantage.
  • Hedemonstratedthat defencelessness could be morepowerfulthanangerandrage.
  • He wasconsciousof his own defencelessness.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Weakness and vulnerability
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  • be (only) flesh and bloodidiom
  • besomeone'spoodleidiom
  • brittle
  • helplessness
  • house of cardsidiom
  • human
  • impotence
  • impotent
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  • submissively
  • submissiveness
  • suggestible
  • watery
  • wetness
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(Definition ofdefencelessnessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdefencelessness

defencelessness
There is nothing in recent events that encourages me to believe thatdefencelessnessis an agreeable situation in which to find oneself.
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There is also deep anxiety about what is widely identified as thedefencelessnessof this country in an increasingly dangerous world.
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I suppose that the basis for it is thedefencelessnessof the child.
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I want to describe them: they are scandalous, they cause social alarm among our citizens, who are undoubtedly perceiving a degree ofdefencelessness.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
They hit back out of a sense of weakness anddefencelessness.
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The language used about its smallness anddefencelessnessclearly reflects that view.
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Is not thedefencelessnessof this country and the reason for it a matter for discussion at this time when we come to the end of this sorry story?
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It is most appropriate that you should have in view thedefencelessnessof the home circle, the appalling conditions of people unable to find a livelihood.
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Therefore, our first line aeroplanes, with those immensely skilled and highly equipped personnel behind them, cannot be said to have placed us in a position ofdefencelessness.
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By what process then will you demonstrate to me, that by adding the force of those provinces to our own, there will not be the samedefencelessnessat present?
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