defenseless 的 2 个定义
- resistance against attack; protection: Two more regiments are needed for the defense of the city.
- something that defends, as a fortification, physical or mental quality, or medication: This fort was once the main defense of the island.
- the defending of a cause or the like by speech, argument, etc.: He spoke in defense of the nation's foreign policy.
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de·fensed, de·fens·ing.
- Sports. to defend against.
defenseless 近义词
powerless, vulnerable
更多defenseless例句
- Through nine games of the 2020 season, the Colts defense has allowed the fewest yards of any defense in the NFL, just the kind of Ravens-esque unit he surely hoped to build.
- One thing the National Landing area has going for it is a significant investment in digital infrastructure because of the long-term existence of government and defense offices in the area.
- He doesn’t have a defense circle because everyone around him is out for themselves.
- Mangroves are also less effective in densely populated areas, and here, says Dasgupta, embankments should be built and maintained scrupulously as a second line of defense.
- The club’s 19,000-volume library holds books on military science, foreign policy, defense and espionage.
- I understand why you were so moved that you left your secure, comfortable lives to defend the defenseless in a far off land.
- This toxic assault accelerates aging and stimulates decline in body chemicals, leaving our immune systems defenseless.
- Heinous acts, especially when perpetrated on defenseless minors, elicit equally heinous responses even in sane minds.
- Here was one war he could win: a war against defenseless civilians.
- Was this deliberate strategy, to attack children who were even more defenseless than the average child?
- Here they were, ten days' march from the coast, unarmed, and quite defenseless against a lion.
- If I spoke, who would believe me; who would heed the words of a defenseless girl whom he would at once declare to be hysterical?
- When Charlie joins the army, we will be defenseless, indeed.
- If he had only shot the man when he had stood there a fair mark, defenseless!
- What chance has a defenseless human creature against these powers of darkness?