de·fend
verb/dɪˈfend/
/dɪˈfend/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they defend | /dɪˈfend/ /dɪˈfend/ |
| he / she / it defends | /dɪˈfendz/ /dɪˈfendz/ |
| past simple defended | /dɪˈfendɪd/ /dɪˈfendɪd/ |
| past participle defended | /dɪˈfendɪd/ /dɪˈfendɪd/ |
| -ing form defending | /dɪˈfendɪŋ/ /dɪˈfendɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to protect somebody/something from attack
防御；保护；保卫 - defend somebody/something The role of the military is to defend the country.
军队的职能是保卫国家。 - Troops have been sent to defend the borders.
已派出部队去守卫边疆。 - defend somebody/something against somebody/something The male birds defend their territory against other males.
雄鸟保卫自己的领地不被其他雄鸟侵入。 - defend somebody/something from somebody/something The cannons once defended the city from attack by sea.
大炮曾经保护这座城市免受来自海上的攻击。 - defend yourself (from/against somebody/something) All our officers are trained to defend themselves against knife attacks.
我们所有的警察都接受过自卫训练，能够对付持刀袭击。 - defend against somebody/something It is impossible to defend against an all-out attack.
防御全面进攻是不可能的。
Wordfinder- army
- artillery
- battalion
- command
- defend
- invade
- officer
- regiment
- tactics
- weapon
Wordfinder- aggression
- arms
- army
- attack
- casualty
- conflict
- defend
- hostile
- territory
- war
Extra ExamplesTopics War and conflictb2- She successfully defended herself against an attack from someone larger and stronger.
她成功地抵御了比她强壮的人的攻击。 - The city was heavily defended against attack.
这座城市严密设防以抵御攻击。 - They attacked the left flank, which was only lightly defended.
他们攻击了防御薄弱的左翼。 - The international community should step into defend the powerless.
国际社会应该介入保护弱者。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- adequately
- effectively
- properly
- …
- against
- defend somebody/something The role of the military is to defend the country.
- [transitive] defend something to protect something that you value and prevent it from being taken away
保卫；保护；看守 - The organization works to defend human rights wherever they are threatened.
该组织致力在任何人权受到威胁的地方捍卫人权。 - Freedom must always be defended.
任何时候都必须捍卫自由。 - The ruling class will always defend its own interests.
统治阶级将始终捍卫自己的利益。 - People must be vigilant in defending civil liberties regardless of external threats.
无论外部威胁如何，人们都必须保持警惕，捍卫公民自由。
- The organization works to defend human rights wherever they are threatened.
- [transitive] to say or write something in support of somebody/something that has been criticized
辩解；辩白 - They defended their decision to pull out of the event.
他们为退出这项活动的决定进行了辩解。 - The minister vigorously defended the policy.
部长大力捍卫该政策。 - How can you defend such behaviour?
你怎能为这种行为辩解呢？ - I realized I couldn't logically defend my position.
我意识到我无法从逻辑上捍卫我的立场。 - defend somebody/something against somebody/something The article seeks to defend him against charges of hypocrisy.
这篇文章试图为他辩护，反对指控他为伪君子。 - defend somebody/something from somebody/something Her colleagues united in defending her from further personal attacks.
她的同事团结起来保护她免受进一步的人身攻击。 - defend yourself (from/against somebody/something) Politicians are skilled at defending themselves against their critics.
从政者都善于为自己辩解，反驳别人的批评。
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentb2- The company has strenuously defended its decision to reduce the workforce.
公司竭力为其裁员的决定辩护。 - She was quick to defend her husband's actions.
她很快就为丈夫的行为辩护。 - She defended her department against accusations of incompetence.
她驳斥了认为她所在部门失职的指责。 - I will strenuously defend your right to say what you think.
我将极力捍卫你表达自己想法的权利。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- actively
- aggressively
- fiercely
- …
- against
- They defended their decision to pull out of the event.
- [intransitive, transitive] (in sports) to protect your own goal to stop your opponents from scoring
防守 - They were forced to defend for long periods.
他们被迫长期防守。 - defend something Moody and Moran defended their goal well.
穆迪和莫兰很好地捍卫了他们的球门。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- adequately
- effectively
- properly
- …
- against
opposite attack - They were forced to defend for long periods.
- [transitive] defend something to take part in a competition that you won the last time and try to win it again
参加比赛（或选举）保住（头衔、席位等） - He is defending champion.
他在参加卫冕赛。 - She will be defending her title at next month's championships.
她将在下月的锦标赛上争取蝉联冠军。 - The champion successfully defended his title against the American challenger.
这位冠军打败了美国的挑战者，成功卫冕。 - (politics) He intends to defend his seat in the next election.
他想在下届选举中寻求连任。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- successfully
- against
- He is defending champion.
- [transitive, intransitive] to act as a lawyer for somebody who has been charged with a crime
（为…）辩护；当辩护律师 - defend (somebody) He has employed one of the UK's top lawyers to defend him.
他请了英国一位顶尖律师为他辩护。 - Who's defending?
谁在辩护？ - defend yourself Smith has announced that she will defend herself in the case.
史密斯宣布她将在此案中为自己辩护。
compare prosecute - defend (somebody) He has employed one of the UK's top lawyers to defend him.
protect against attack/loss
support
in sport
in competitions
law
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French defendre, from Latin defendere, from de- ‘off’ + -fendere ‘to strike’. Compare with offend.