defended

1. vt. & vi. 保卫 protect; make safe; keep safe from harm; protect against attack
2. vt. & vi. 辩护; 辩解 support, protect, or show the rightness by argument

• defend a place保卫一个地方
• defend a theory支持某种理论
• defend a child保护孩子
• defend interests of捍卫…的利益
• defend one's actions支持某人的行动
• defend one's conduct为某人的行为辩解
• defend one's drinking on the job为在工作时饮酒辩护
• defend one's ideas支持某人的见解
• defend one's title保住某人的权力
• defend oneself自卫,为自己辩护
• defend road护路
• defend the accused为被告辩护
• defend the country保卫国家
• defend the national interest保护民族利益
• defend the wrong cause for the right reason以正当理由捍卫错误的事业

• defend angrily愤怒地辩护
• defend ardently积极地辩护
• defend bravely勇敢地辩护
• defend courageously英勇地辩论
• defend desperately毫无顾忌地辩护
• defend easily易于辩解
• defend effectually有效地辩论
• defend eloquently雄辩
• defend heroically英勇地辩论
• defend obstinately顽强地辩护
• defend passively被动地辩护
• defend philosophically用哲学的观点辩护
• defend principally主要地辩解
• defend stoutly有力地辩护
• defend successfully成功地辩护

• defend against保卫…不受侵犯
• defend against attack在遭受攻击时进行自卫
• defend against danger保护某人免遭危险
• defend against enemies防御敌人
• defend from harm保护某人使其免受伤害
• defend with用…保卫

defend oneself自卫；申辩；自行辩护

defend against防卫，保卫；抵抗

defend with用…防卫

1. Some players are better at defending.
   有些运动员较擅长打防卫。
2. The union said that they would take action to defend their member's jobs.
   工会说他们将采取行动维护会员的工作权益。
3. He was afraid of being attacked by Liu Bei and Sun Quan, so he sent a troop to defend Jingzhou.
   他害怕刘备和孙权继续向他进攻,派人在荆州防守。
4. She demonstrated how best to defend oneself.
   她示范最有效的自卫方法。
5. He undertook to defend this attitude.
   他开始为这一态度辩护。