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。
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。
3.[i][t]~ (sth)防守to protect your own goal to stop your opponents from scoring
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。
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。
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。
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