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defend against

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

防御,防卫,防范,防守

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

as inprevent
Synonyms
avert避免,避开,避免了,避免出现avoid避免,避开,避免使用,避免了bar吧台,酒吧,杠杠,栏block块,阻止,阻挡,块状counter柜台,计数器,柜子,柜台的forbid禁止,严禁,不准,禁止使用forestall抢救,抢占先机,抢先,预防halt停住,停顿,停止,驻足hamper阻碍,篮子,阻碍物,篮板hinder阻碍,妨碍,碍,阻碍因素impede阻挡,阻阻,阻挡了,牵制inhibit抑制,阻止,禁止,压制limit限度,限额,限定,限期preclude排除,排除了,排斥,排除干扰prohibit禁止,禁制,违禁,不准put an end to杜绝,杜绝了,消灭,废止restrain克制,拘束,限制,抑制restrict限制,约束,限定,限制性rule out排除,摒弃,排斥,摒除stop停止,停下来,停,停住thwart阻挠,阻挠了,阻碍,阻止ward off抵挡,抵御,挡住,抵制anticipate预计,预期,预测,预见arrest逮捕,拘捕,抓捕,捕获baffle挡板,档板,迷惑,迷惑性balk逡巡不前,巴尔克,逡巡,巴尔干check检查,检查一下chill寒冷的,寒冷,寒意,寒气cool酷,冷却,酷酷的,清凉cork软木,软木塞,科克,木塞counteract抗衡,抗击,抵消,打击dam水坝,大坝,堤坝,坝坝debar扣留,排斥,拒绝接受,拒绝承认foil箔,箔片,箔纸,挫折forfend伪造,伪造的,伪造文件frustrate沮丧,挫折,挫败,沮丧的intercept拦截,截获,截取,截断interdict拦截,阻断,拦阻,阻截interrupt插话,插言,插句,插话进来obstruct阻挠,阻挡,阻碍,妨碍obviate免除,减轻,缓和,缓解repress压迫,压制,镇压,压抑retard迟钝,迟钝的人,迟缓,拖延时间head off头部的hold back扣留,拖后腿,抵制,扣留住hold off抵制,搁置,拖住,隐瞒keep lid on盖上盖子,盖好盖子,盖上盖头,压盖nip in the bud防患于未然,防微杜渐,扼杀在萌芽状态,防患未然put a stop to制止,制止了,杜绝,阻止shut out被拒之门外,封杀,被拒门外,被拒之门外的stave off缓和,避开,延缓,缓期执行turn aside拨开,搁置,撇开,搁置一旁
as instave
Synonyms
anticipate预计,预期,预测,预见avert避免,避开,避免了,避免出现avoid避免,避开,避免使用,避免了counteract抗衡,抗击,抵消,打击foil箔,箔片,箔纸,挫折forestall抢救,抢占先机,抢先,预防halt停住,停顿,停止,驻足hold off抵制,搁置,拖住,隐瞒preclude排除,排除了,排斥,排除干扰put an end to杜绝,杜绝了,消灭,废止rule out排除,摒弃,排斥,摒除thwart阻挠,阻挠了,阻碍,阻止ward off抵挡,抵御,挡住,抵制arrest逮捕,拘捕,抓捕,捕获baffle挡板,档板,迷惑,迷惑性balk逡巡不前,巴尔克,逡巡,巴尔干bar吧台,酒吧,杠杠,栏block块,阻止,阻挡,块状check检查,检查一下chill寒冷的,寒冷,寒意,寒气cool酷,冷却,酷酷的,清凉cork软木,软木塞,科克,木塞counter柜台,计数器,柜子,柜台的dam水坝,大坝,堤坝,坝坝debar扣留,排斥,拒绝接受,拒绝承认forbid禁止,严禁,不准,禁止使用forfend伪造,伪造的,伪造文件frustrate沮丧,挫折,挫败,沮丧的hamper阻碍,篮子,阻碍物,篮板hinder阻碍,妨碍,碍,阻碍因素impede阻挡,阻阻,阻挡了,牵制inhibit抑制,阻止,禁止,压制intercept拦截,截获,截取,截断interdict拦截,阻断,拦阻,阻截interrupt插话,插言,插句,插话进来limit限度,限额,限定,限期obstruct阻挠,阻挡,阻碍,妨碍obviate免除,减轻,缓和,缓解prohibit禁止,禁制,违禁,不准repress压迫,压制,镇压,压抑restrain克制,拘束,限制,抑制restrict限制,约束,限定,限制性retard迟钝,迟钝的人,迟缓,拖延时间stop停止,停下来,停,停住ward监护人,监护室,监护权,监狱head off头部的hold back扣留,拖后腿,抵制,扣留住keep lid on盖上盖子,盖好盖子,盖上盖头,压盖nip in the bud防患于未然,防微杜渐,扼杀在萌芽状态,防患未然put a stop to制止,制止了,杜绝,阻止shut out被拒之门外,封杀,被拒门外,被拒之门外的stave off缓和,避开,延缓,缓期执行turn aside拨开,搁置,撇开,搁置一旁
Antonyms
aid援助assist帮助,协助,辅助,辅佐forward谈到这个help帮助,帮忙,帮忙的,帮助的support支持,支助,支撑,支持率abet教唆,教唆人,教唆者,教唆唆使advance进展,晋级,进展情况,预付款allow允许,容许,让,准许approve批准,核准,认可,通过continue继续,继续说,延续,继续进行encourage鼓励,激励,励,励志expedite加快,尽快,加速,加快推进facilitate促进,方便,便利,便捷free免费的,免费,自由的,自由heat热度,热力,热,热量let go放手,松手,放手吧,放开liberate解放,解脱,释放,解救open开放,开放的,开放式,开放式的permit许可证,允许,许可,准许promote促进,推动,推广,推销push推动,促进,推,推进release释放,发布,发行,发布会unblock解除封锁,解开,疏通,疏解warm温暖,温暖的,暖和,温馨提示

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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