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defensive

/dih-fen-siv/US // dɪˈfɛn sɪv //UK // (dɪˈfɛnsɪv) //

防御性,防御性的,防卫性,防守性

Related Words

opposing对立的,对立,对立面,反对的conservative保守的,保守派,保守主义,保守preservative防腐剂,保鲜剂,保存剂,防腐thwarting阻挠,挫折,阻碍,挠头foiling烫印,烫金,铝箔,箔片averting避免了,避免,避开,避免的forestalling缓期执行,缓刑,缓期进行,缓期实施preventive预防性,预防性的,预防措施,预防性措施uptight拘谨,拘谨的,拘束,拘谨的人arresting逮捕,拘捕,抓捕,逮捕性resistive电阻式,电阻性,电阻性的,电阻式的balking逡巡不前,逡巡不语,逡巡不决,逡巡不动checking检查,核对,核查,检验defending捍卫,辩解,辩护,捍卫者frustrating令人沮丧的,挫折感,令人沮丧,沮丧的guarding守护,守卫,守望,守interrupting插话,插插嘴,干扰性,干扰protecting保护,保护性,保护性的safeguarding保障,保障措施,保卫,保护withstanding耐受性,耐用性,耐受力,耐用

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : serving to defend; protective: defensive armament.
    • : made or carried on for the purpose of resisting attack: defensive treaty; a defensive attitude.
    • : of or relating to defense.
    • : able to provide moderately steady growth with minimal risk: The bank has put a large percentage of its assets in defensive rather than growth stocks.considered stable and relatively safe for investment, especially during a decline in the economy.
    • : excessively concerned with guarding against the real or imagined threat of criticism, injury to one's ego, or exposure of one's shortcomings.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a position or attitude of defense: to be on the defensive about one's mistakes.
    • : Obsolete. something that serves to defend.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.protective, watchful
Synonyms
opposing对立的,对立,对立面,反对的averting避免了,避免,避开,避免的conservative保守的,保守派,保守主义,保守preservative防腐剂,保鲜剂,保存剂,防腐preventive预防性,预防性的,预防措施,预防性措施thwarting阻挠,挫折,阻碍,挠头arresting逮捕,拘捕,抓捕,逮捕性balking逡巡不前,逡巡不语,逡巡不决,逡巡不动checking检查,核对,核查,检验coping with应对,应付,处理,解决defending捍卫,辩解,辩护,捍卫者frustrating令人沮丧的,挫折感,令人沮丧,沮丧的guarding守护,守卫,守望,守in opposition反对派,反对派中,反对意见,反对党interrupting插话,插插嘴,干扰性,干扰protecting保护,保护性,保护性的resistive电阻式,电阻性,电阻性的,电阻式的safeguarding保障,保障措施,保卫,保护uptight拘谨,拘谨的,拘束,拘谨的人warding off阻止,阻止他们,阻止他们的行动withstanding耐受性,耐用性,耐受力,耐用

Examples

  • The Capitals have allowed at least three goals in 10 of 12 games and have repeatedly talked about getting better in their defensive zone.

  • University of Puget Sound defensive lineman Peter Ciari missed the rush — and the snarl of the chain saw.

  • The Cavaliers held Georgia Tech well below its scoring average in that game, and this time, Virginia began with another defensive surge in the first half.

  • One of those players, Jason Pierre-Paul, reiterated calls to re-sign key defensive players.

  • Washington had four scorers in double figures, perhaps in part because of a tweak in the starting lineup on Brooks’s end, and on the defensive end the Wizards did what was needed to keep Chicago in check.

  • And I need to ask why their truth makes me so defensive, as if my truth is the only truth.

  • Community activists attack racial bias in policing, so police get defensive?

  • Nelson wrote a paper at Dartmouth on Standard Oil, which was about as defensive and as deeply researched as you would expect.

  • I am, as the leader of the minority, the defensive coordinator.

  • On the staff of every football team, you have an offensive coordinator and a defensive coordinator.

  • Where were those defensive preparations concerning which we were requested to keep silence?

  • Both men put themselves at once on the defensive: their blades crossed, but the attitudes were different and characteristic.

  • Either: we cannot give you what you ask, so fall back onto the defensive; or, go ahead, we will give you the means.

  • The Committee has not overlooked the fact that in some cases this attitude may have been due to a defensive reaction.

  • Quickly recovering himself, he stood entirely on the defensive, which his vigorous activity enabled him easily to do.

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