defensive
英[dɪ'fensɪv]
美[dɪ'fɛnsɪv]
词态变化
副词: defensively;名词: defensiveness;
英文词源
- defensive
- c. 1400 (adj. and noun), from French défensif (14c.), from Medieval Latin defensivus, from defens-, past participle stem of Latin defendere (see defend). Of persons, "alert to reject criticism," from 1919. Related: Defensively; defensiveness.
双语例句
- 1. Circumstances dictated that they played a defensive rather than attacking game.
- 比赛形势决定了他们要打防守战而不是进攻战。
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- 2. Like their children, parents are often defensive about their private lives.
- 就像子女一样，父母也常常很注重保护他们的私生活。
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- 3. He smiled, not wanting to put the man on the defensive.
- 他笑了笑，不想让那个人产生抵触情绪。
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- 4. Accusations are likely to put the other person on the defensive.
- 谴责很可能会引发对方自我防卫的反应。
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- 5. The government said the moves were purely defensive.
- 政府说这些举措纯粹是出于防御目的。
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