defend
美 [dɪˈfend] 
英 [dɪ'fend]
- v.保卫；保护；防守；防御
- 网络辩护；防卫；为……辩护
词形变化
第三人称单数：defends 现在分词：defending 过去式：defended 反义词
同义词
英汉双解
防御protect against attack
1. | [t][i] 防御；保护；保卫to protect sb/sth from attack |
| Troops have been sent to defend the borders. 已派出部队去守卫边疆。 |
| 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。 |
| It is impossible to defend against an all-out attack. 防御全面进攻是不可能的。 |
支持support
2. | [t] 辩解；辩白to say or write sth in support of sb/sth that has been criticized |
| How can you defend such behaviour? 你怎能为这种行为辩解呢？ |
| 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。 |
体育运动in sport
3. | [i][t] ~ (sth) 防守to protect your own goal to stop your opponents from scoring |
竞赛in competitions
4. | [t] ~ sth 参加比赛（或选举）保住（头衔、席位等）to take part in a competition that you won the last time and try to win it again |
| 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。 |
| He intends to defend his seat in the next election. 他想在下届选举中寻求连任。 |
法律law
5. | [t][i] ~ (sb/yourself) （为…）辩护；当辩护律师to act as a lawyer for sb who has been charged with a crime |
| 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。 |
英汉解释
v. | 1. 保卫(国家等);防御,防守,保护...使免于 (from, against) 2. 为(某观点)辩护,作(某人)的辩护律师,为...进行辩护,抗辩 |
英英解释
例句
American commanders say the U. S. is ready to help defend its friends in the region, like South Korea.
美军指挥官表示美国已经准备好帮助捍卫在该地区像韩国这样的盟友。
Good King Richard was stranded in a battle on a far away strait and no one knew when he would return. Someone had to defend the kingdom.
好国王理查在一次遥远的海峡之战中被困住了，谁也不知道他什么时候能回来，得有人出来保护王国。
Half a century ago, John F. Kennedy said the U. S. would bear any burden, and pay any price, to defend liberty.
半个世纪前，肯尼迪总统（JohnF.Kennedy）说，为了捍卫自由，美国将不惜一切代价，承担任何负担。
Aircraft carriers and their accompanying ships are unable to defend themselves against such a threat.
航母和随行船只无法在这样的威胁下保护自己。
Hermione Granger: We've got to be able to defend ourselves, and if Umbridge refuses to teach us how, we need someone who will.
赫敏·格兰杰：我们必须得做到能自己保护自己，如果乌姆里奇拒绝教我们，我们需要一个愿意地人。
Below on the ground, a dead recluse spider lay in pieces, a victim of the same vibro blade, no doubt when it tried to defend its web.
树下有一只被大卸八块的蜘蛛残尸，毫无疑问它是在保卫蜘蛛网时，成了同一把振动刀的刀下鬼。
We did not defend properly and we were punished for it. I have to see it again, but yes Sczesny certainly looks disappointed.
这是对我们没有适当防守的应有惩罚，我会再看看录像回放，但毫无疑问斯泽斯尼看上去对失球感到非常的失望。
But I'd like to ask why is there so much insistence in the United States to absolutely defend the Zionist regime?
但我想问美国为何如此坚决来保护犹太复国主义政权？
I saw just how important it was to defend well for the team that I accepted that left back was the position for me.
我知道防守对于一支球队的重要性，我接受左后卫的位置。
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said he did not expect to have to defend religious freedom on the floor of the U. S. Senate.
参议院少数党领袖米奇·麦康奈尔说，他没有料到不得不在参议院捍卫宗教自由。
On that day Thailand ran out of foreign-exchange reserves trying to defend its currency from a huge speculative attack.
那一天，泰国为抵抗针对汇率的投机性的攻击，耗尽了自己的外汇储备。
Thus, be prepared to articulate some of the main features of the case, and to defend your recommended course of action.
所以你要准备表述清楚案例中的主要要点，并且摆出你推荐的解决方案的理由。
I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it. --Voltaire.
我不同意你说的话，但我誓死捍卫你说话的权利。--伏尔泰。
They take defend the base as the primary missions, but did not express that clings to tenaciously motionless in a position.
他们以防守基地为主要任务，但并不表示在一个位置死守不动。
Blankfein, Goldman's chairman and chief executive, said the bank was 'taking all appropriate steps to defend the firm and its reputation.
在发给员工的信息中说，公司将采取一切恰当的措施为公司辩护，并维护自己的声誉。
That did not stop him from appearing in a Miami court recently to defend a teenager facing misdemeanor drug charges.
但这并不妨碍其近日在迈阿密为一名面临较轻毒品指控的青少年出庭辩护。
I disapprove of what you say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it.
我不同意你说的话，但是我愿意誓死捍卫你说话的权利。——伏尔泰。
After an awkward silence, Jack tried to defend himself, saying that he thought he had been asked to give his views.
在一段异常的沉默后，杰克试图为自己辩护，解释说他认为已经给出了观点。
Recently, a Bangladesh woman cut off the penis of an alleged rapist while trying to defend herself against his advances.
最近，孟加拉国一名妇女在面对一名强奸罪嫌疑人时为了保护自己，将那个男人的阴茎切掉。
Like Lula, she was born in poverty, but she fell out with him over what she sees as his government's failure to defend the environment.
她与鲁拉一样出身贫苦，但却因她认为鲁拉政府保护环境不力而与鲁拉失和闹翻。
If she springs on you I shall defend you and prove my poor gallantry.
要是她向您扑来，我就保护您，以证明我那微弱的勇气。
Had Judith encouraged him, he would not have hesitated about remaining to defend her and her sister.
要是朱蒂丝给过他一些希望，他也会毫不犹豫地留下来保护她们姐妹的。
He never lost a chance to defend her.
他要想尽办法为她辩护。
If cornered, the snake will defend itself.
蛇在被逼得走投无路时会自卫的。
The soldiers' chief duty is to defend the country and the people.
士兵的主要责任就是保卫国家和人民的安全。
She grabbed the knife on the table to defend herself.
她一把拿起桌上的小刀来自卫。
But he was involved enough that ultimately he did not feel he was able to defend the institution.
然而霍华德爵士在其中牵涉颇多，最终还是感到无法维护学校。
It did not rest on a concept of personal human rights that ordinary people could call on to defend themselves against unjust rulers.
它所基于的并不是让普通民众能用于抵御不公正统治的个人人权理念。
Very likely I would get lost in trying to describe or defend, by cold logic, my belief in God but nobody could argue me out of it.
我信仰上帝，也许我难以用冷冰冰的逻辑来描述这个信仰或为它辩护，但谁也无法说服我放弃它。
"We did not get our priorities right - defend first, be patient when needed and win the game when you can win it, " he said.
“我们没有认清工作的侧重点——防守应该摆在第一位，应该更加耐心，在你可能取胜的情况下尽可能赢得它，”他说。
In terms of his size, he ran like a deer, he could run all day, he could defend from the one position all the way up to the five.
在他的领域里，他可以像鹿一样一整天不停歇地跑动，他也可以防守1到5号位的球员。
He said the ship represents the nation's readiness to defend its interests, and that his government's defense build-up will continue.
他说，这艘船代表了菲律宾已经准备好随时捍卫自己的利益。他还说，菲律宾政府的国防建设还在继续。
In the struggle to end the legalized plunder of statism and to defend individual liberty, how much more could be asked of one man?
在结束以国家的名义合法掠夺和保卫个人自由的斗争中，你还有多少要求？
Oh, well let me defend this old word bench. It isn't just a piece of wood in the park or garden, you know!
哦，还是让我来替这个单词说两句公道话吧。要知道，它的意思可并不是只是公园里的长椅那麼简单！
Likewise, the goal-holder minimizes his have image as if he get ton't defend the goal successfully.
同样，守门员把自己想得很小，似乎他无法胜利地守住球门。
We've got to be able to defend ourselves. If Umbridge refuses to teach us how, we need someone who will.
我们得学会自己保护自己。如果安布瑞杰不愿意教，我们就需要找个愿意的。
As then, a large part of the elite has realised that the system is ineffective and is no longer willing to defend it.
当时，一大批精英意识到体制失效，并拒绝为其服务。
It is the duty of every citizen to defend his country, when it is attacked by the enemy.
保卫祖国，抗击敌人，是每个公民的责任。
There's been major disruption and I think London Underground know we're serious now about trying to defend our members' interest.
罢工造成了大规模的混乱，我认为伦敦地铁知道，我们现在是非常认真的，我们要捍卫我们成员的利益。
CME is expected vigorously to defend its business model against any attempt to open it up further to competition.
CME预计将坚决捍卫其业务模式，抵制任何使之加大开放度、面对更大竞争的企图。
The DPRK is going to put China is a bad spot. It is a rising power and cant look to defend thugs like the DPRK.
北朝鲜会让中国陷入尴尬处境，一个正在升起的超级大国是不能袒护北朝鲜这样的恶棍的。
Meanwhile, Ally and Georgia defend a woman suing for the right to marry a convicted felon with a life sentence.
与此同时，艾莉和歌莉亚正为一个女子申辩，争取权利欲跟一名已被判终生监禁的囚犯结婚。
Soon there were over 35 hyenas feeding on the buffalo, which had finallysuccumbed, and its herd mates were no longer trying to defend it.
很快，有超过35只鬣狗大快朵颐，而那头水牛终于咽气，它（水牛）的同伴也不再试图保护它了。
I shall endeavor to preserve, protect, and defend it by anxiously referring to its provision for direction in every action.
我将努力通过在每一行动中，急切地参考其条款来寻求方向，来维持，保护和守卫它。
Every minute, several million neutrophils leave the bone marrow and are ready to defend the body of invading germs.
每分钟就有几百万个中性粒细胞离开骨髓，为的是随时准备抵抗侵入的细菌以保护身体。
And yet here he is. And here we are. And here you are, still grasping at straws trying to defend yourself. Douche bag.
可是他现在在执教湖人。我们现在在这里，你们也在，还一直抓着稻草为自己辩护。愚蠢的家伙。
