on the defensive

处于防守状态的处于防守状态处于防御状态的处于防御状态

on the defensive 的定义

  1. Prepared for withstanding aggression or attack, as in The debate team's plan was to keep their opponents on the defensive, or This teacher put students on the defensive about their mistakes. [c. 1600]

on the defensive 近义词

on the defensive

等同于 uptight

on the defensive

等同于 defensively

on the defensive 的近义词 3
on the defensive 的反义词 1

更多on the defensive例句

  1. Just the hard-on before you shoot unarmed members of the public.
  2. France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
  3. Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
  4. Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
  5. You just travel light with carry-on luggage, go to cities that you love, and get to hang out with all your friends.
  6. Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
  7. You never know when you are going to stumble upon a jewel in the most out-of-the-way corner.
  8. Mr. Slocum was not educated in a university, and his life has been in by-paths, and out-of-the-way places.
  9. Where were those defensive preparations concerning which we were requested to keep silence?
  10. I drew back from the rim of Writing-On-the-Stone, that set of whispered phrases echoing in my ears.