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defend

/dih-fend/US // dɪˈfɛnd //UK // (dɪˈfɛnd) //

保护,防御,辩护,维护

Related Words

preserve维护,保存,保全,保护contend争论,争夺,争辩,争取hold持有,举行,保持,持有的secure安全,安全的,稳固的uphold支持,坚持,维护,拥护prevent防止,预防,阻止,避免fight斗争,争取,战斗,争斗resist抵制,抗拒,抗争,抵抗guard守护,守卫,守,守住maintain保持,维持,维护,维护好oppose反对,反对派,反对的,反对者retain保留,保持,留住,保留了safeguard保障,保护,保卫,维护shield盾牌,屏蔽,掩护,遮挡champion冠军,冠军得主,锦标赛,冠军的support支持,支助,支撑,支持率advocate倡导,倡导者,主张,鼓吹back背面,背部,背,背后assert宣称,声称,宣称的,声称的guarantee保证,保障,担保,保证书

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to ward off attack from; guard against assault or injury: The sentry defended the gate against sudden attack.
    • : to maintain by argument, evidence, etc.; uphold: She defended her claim successfully.
    • : to contest.
    • : Law. to serve as attorney for: He has defended some of the most notorious criminals.
    • : to support in the face of criticism; prove the validity of by answering arguments and questions put by a committee of specialists.
    • : Sports. to attempt to retain, as in a competition against a challenger: A fortuitous trade has landed him on the team defending the World Series championship.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : Law. to enter or make a defense.
    • : Sports. to prevent the opposing team from scoring: She’s a freshman who already scores and defends like a professional.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbprotect
Forms: defended, defending
Synonyms
contend争论,争夺,争辩,争取fight斗争,争取,战斗,争斗fight for争夺,争取,争夺的,争抢guard守护,守卫,守,守住hold持有,举行,保持,持有的maintain保持,维持,维护,维护好oppose反对,反对派,反对的,反对者preserve维护,保存,保全,保护prevent防止,预防,阻止,避免resist抵制,抗拒,抗争,抵抗retain保留,保持,留住,保留了safeguard保障,保护,保卫,维护secure安全,安全的,稳固的shield盾牌,屏蔽,掩护,遮挡uphold支持,坚持,维护,拥护avert避免,避开,避免了,避免出现battle战役,战斗,会战,仗bulwark堡垒,斗牛场,斗牛士,壁垒cherish珍惜,珍视,爱惜,珍爱conserve保守,保育,保养,保管cover覆盖,掩护,报道,涵盖entrench巩固,夯实,纠缠,巩固巩固espouse拥护,支持,推崇,赞成fortify设防,设身处地,设身处地的考虑,设身处地地想一想foster培养,促进,养育,培育garrison驻军,驻扎,驻守,戍边hedge篱笆,防范,对冲,防范措施house房屋,房子,房子里,房子里的insure保险,投保,受保,投保的mine矿井,我的,矿山,矿场nourish滋养,滋润,滋补,颐养save拯救,保存,节省,挽救screen筛选,屏幕,屏风,筛查shelter庇护所,避难所,遮蔽处,遮蔽物sustain维持,保持,持续,持续的war争夺战,争战,争斗,争夺战争watch观察,监视,钟表,观察一下withstand忍受着,忍受,忍受住了,忍受住beat off打掉了,打跑了,打掉,打断care for关心,照顾,关注,护理fend off打退堂鼓,打跑了,挡住,打跑guard against防范,防备,防止,预防hold at bay扣住不放,遏止,按住不放,遏制住keep safe保持安全,保证安全,确保安全,保安全look after看护,照看,照顾,顾panoply纵观全局,纵横捭阖,纵横交错,纵览provide sanctuary提供避难所,提供庇护所,提供庇护,提供避难场所repel danger排除危险,避开危险,驱除危险,避险stave off缓和,避开,延缓,缓期执行take in收纳,摄取,吸纳,摄入ward off抵挡,抵御,挡住,抵制watch over看守着,看护,看守,守护
Antonyms
abandon抛弃,放弃,舍弃,弃置aid援助assist帮助,协助,辅助,辅佐desert沙漠,荒漠,沙漠化,荒废endanger危及,濒危,危害,濒临forget遗忘,忘记,忘了,忘记了give up放弃,舍弃,放弃吧,罢休harm伤害,危害,损害,坏处help帮助,帮忙,帮忙的,帮助的hurt伤害,负伤,伤痛,受伤的ignore忽略不计,置之不理,忽略,无视injure伤害,损伤,受伤,伤害了let go放手,松手,放手吧,放开lose失去,损失,丧失,失去了neglect忽视,忽略了,忽视了,忽略release释放,发布,发行,发布会support支持,支助,支撑,支持率surrender投降,交出,投诚,缴械投降discourage劝阻,劝告,阻止,劝说forsake摒弃,抛弃,弃之不顾,弃绝make peace媾和,讲和,求和,和平相处reveal揭示,揭露,显露,揭示的squander挥霍,挥霍浪费,挥霍无度,挥霍掉uncover揭秘,揭穿,揭发,揭开waste浪费,废物,废弃物,废弃attack攻击,袭击,抨击,抨击的deny否定,否认,拒绝,拒绝承认leave离开,离开这里,离开了,离开时quit退出,辞职,戒掉relinquish放弃,弃权,弃置,捐弃renounce摒弃,摈弃,背弃,抛弃resign辞职,辞去职务,辞职后
verbshow support for
Forms: defended, defending
Synonyms
advocate倡导,倡导者,主张,鼓吹argue争论,争辩,辩称,争论不休assert宣称,声称,宣称的,声称的back背面,背部,背,背后champion冠军,冠军得主,锦标赛,冠军的endorse认可,赞成,认同,审批explain解释,说明,解释一下,解说guarantee保证,保障,担保,保证书justify证明,证明是正确的,圆满解决,圆满完成maintain保持,维持,维护,维护好stand by站在,支持,站在旁边,经由support支持,支助,支撑,支持率uphold支持,坚持,维护,拥护aid援助befriend结交朋友,结交,结为好友,结识朋友espouse拥护,支持,推崇,赞成exculpate开脱罪责,开脱,开脱罪名,开脱责任exonerate开脱罪责,开脱罪名,开脱责任,开脱plead恳求,辩护,辩护人,哀求rationalize理顺,合理化,理解,合理安排recommend建议,推荐,推荐理由,荐second第二,其次,第二个,第二位stonewall石墙,石头墙,石壁,石牆sustain维持,保持,持续,持续的vindicate平反,平反昭雪,平反一切,平反冤假错案warrant权证,手令,担保书,授权书apologize for表示歉意,致歉,歉意,歉意的是back up备份,备用,备置,备援bear one out忍痛割爱,忍无可忍,忍辱负重,忍气吞声come to defense of来辩护的,来辩护,来辩护的人,来辩护了cover for覆盖率为,覆盖的,涵盖了,掩护go to bat for争取,支持,为其辩护prove a case论证,举证,举案齐眉,论证案情put in a good word说好话,说说好话,说句好话,说好话的ride shotgun for乘坐猎枪为,乘坐猎枪,乘坐猎枪的say in defense申辩说,抗辩说,辩解说,抗辩speak up for说话,说话的是,说话的人,说话的stand up for站起来为,站出来为,站起身来为,支持stick up for拥护,撑腰,捧场,捍卫thump for怦然心动为,怦然心动
Antonyms
disapprove不赞成,不赞同,不认可,不同意ignore忽略不计,置之不理,忽略,无视neglect忽视,忽略了,忽视了,忽略oppose反对,反对派,反对的,反对者protest抗议,抗議,示威,抗诉reject拒绝,拒绝接受,拒收,驳回accuse指控,指责,控告,控诉blame责备,指责,责怪,归咎于condemn谴责,声讨,赔偿,判处punish处罚,惩治,惩处,惩罚sentence句子,判刑,一句话,句话abandon抛弃,放弃,舍弃,弃置attack攻击,袭击,抨击,抨击的deny否定,否认,拒绝,拒绝承认desert沙漠,荒漠,沙漠化,荒废forsake摒弃,抛弃,弃之不顾,弃绝leave离开,离开这里,离开了,离开时quit退出,辞职,戒掉relinquish放弃,弃权,弃置,捐弃renounce摒弃,摈弃,背弃,抛弃resign辞职,辞去职务,辞职后surrender投降,交出,投诚,缴械投降

Examples

  • None of that happens so long as the party willing to harbor and defend a demagogue who threatens the republic stands in the way.

  • The scene was fitting, given that the shine of adding the reigning National League Cy Young Award winner to the defending World Series champions obscured the picture of exactly what the Dodgers are getting in the enigmatic right-hander.

  • The Hogan administration has defended its decentralized system as critical to building an infrastructure that can ramp up when the federal government delivers more doses.

  • Throughout the panel, those involved with the Oversight Board defended the project.

  • To suddenly shut them down would trigger legal actions the city can neither afford nor defend.

  • I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

  • During coverage of that issue, Farrell went on a WSMB AM radio talk show to defend Duke.

  • When our elected representatives assume their respective offices, they take an oath to “protect and defend the Constitution.”

  • “Once we get to the point of being able to defend the case, then the thing can move forward,” he told the Beast.

  • Which politician wants to defend federally-subsidized abortions for convicted criminals?

  • After we had passed over this desert, we found several garisons to defend the caravans from the violence of the Tartars.

  • Decide about it, ye that are learned in the ethnographic distinctions of our race—but heaven defend us from the Bourbonnaises!

  • Later on, I believe, a child is wont to have his favourite colour, and to be ready to defend it against the preferences of others.

  • Learn to do well: seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge for the fatherless, defend the widow.

  • The victims were unable to defend themselves or escape by flight, and the slaughter was terrible.

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