defensive

adj.

防御用的，防守的；辩护的；自卫的；

n.

守势；辩护；

on the defensive处于防御状态

defensive line[橄榄球]防线

defensive end防守端锋；防守边锋

defensive strategy防卫策略；防守战略

defensive medicine防御式医疗

1. They teamed together into a defensive alliance.
   他们联合起来组成一个防卫同盟。
2. Our troops took up defensive positions on high ground overlooking the river.
   我部队在临河高地上占据了防御阵地。
3. When asked to explain her behavior, she gave a very defensive answer.
   当问她为什么要这样做时，她极力为自己辩护。
4. She's very defensive about her part in the affair.
   她极力掩盖她在此事中充当的角色。

1. They put entirely on the defensive.
   他们被迫完全处于守势。

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Defensive Marketing Strategy by Customer Complaint Management: A Theoretical Analysis
Mouse defensive behaviors: pharmacological and behavioral assays for anxiety and panic
Herbivory and Defensive Characteristics of Tree Species in a Lowland Tropical Forest
Neural organization of the defensive behavior system responsible for fear
Fungal Endophytes of Grasses: A Defensive Mutualism between Plants and Fungi
Emotion and motivation I: defensive and appetitive reactions in picture processing.
Orienting in a defensive world: Mammalian modifications of our evolutionary heritage. A Polyvagal Theory
A two-dimensional neuropsychology of defense: fear/anxiety and defensive distance.
The systemin signaling pathway: differential activation of plant defensive genes.