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defence

/dih-fens/US // dɪˈfɛns //UK // (dɪˈfɛns) //

辩护,防卫,防御,国防

Definitions

  1. 1

    de·fenced, de·fenc·ing.

    • : British. variant of defense.

Examples

  • That statue — with its inscribed tribute to Confederate soldiers “who, in defence of rights they believed sacred, took up arms against the invaders of Virginia” — gave him a chill every time he passed it.

  • Dennis recorded a single with John Lennon to raise money for a legal defence fund.

  • In Estonia, Prince Harry will thank the Estonian Defence Forces for their support of British troops in Afghanistan.

  • Well, the defence team of Britain's most famous publicist Max Clifford came out - swinging?

  • Similar attacks then followed against the Latvian Ministry of Defence and Defence Forces sites.

  • Hats off the Guardian, Britain's most thoughtful left-wing newspaper, for running a piece today in defence of Prince Charles.

  • During this defence, the Empress frequently shook her head; and when it was finished, she rose from her chair.

  • She possessed also a great and philosophic mind, and wrote an able defence of Locke.

  • This of course must be laid to the credit of the local supporters of "the noble art of self-defence," the Brummagem bruisers.

  • No more admirable illustration can be found of the truth that the essence of defence lies in a vigorous local offence.

  • The Turks fired a mine under Quinn's Post and then rushed a section of the defence isolated by the explosion.