新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

defenceIELTS重点词汇

英 [dɪˈfens]

[NOUN]

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NOUN. 名词

defences
1. [U 不可数名词] 保护 , 防卫
Defence is action that is taken to protect someone or something against attack.
双语例句
例：
The land was flat, giving no scope for defence.
土地非常平坦，无法做防卫之用。
2. [U 不可数名词] 国防机构
Defence is the organization of a country's armies and weapons, and their use to protect the country or its interests.
双语例句
例：
Twenty-eight per cent of the federal budget is spent on defence.
28的联邦预算用于国防。
例：
US defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
美国国防部长唐纳德·拉姆斯菲尔德。
3. [PL 复数] 防卫军备
The defences of a country or region are all its armed forces and weapons.
双语例句
例：
He emphasized the need to maintain Britain's defences at a level sufficient to deal with the unexpected.
他强调需要将英国的防卫军备维持在足以应付突发事件的水平。
4. [C 可数名词] 防御物
A defence is something that people or animals can use or do to protect themselves.
近义词
protection
双语例句
例：
Despite anything the science of medicine may have achieved, the immune system is our main defence against disease.
不管医学科学已取得了怎样的成就，免疫系统仍是我们抵抗疾病的主要屏障。
5. [C 可数名词] 辩词
A defence is something that you say or write which supports ideas or actions that have been criticized or questioned.
近义词
justification
双语例句
例：
Chomsky's defence of his approach goes further.
乔姆斯基对自己方法的辩解不止于此。
6. [C 可数名词] （法庭上被告的）辩护 , 答辩
In a court of law, an accused person's defence is the process of presenting evidence in their favour.
双语例句
例：
He has insisted on conducting his own defence.
他坚持自己进行辩护。
7. [SING 单数型名词] （被告对指控的）答辩 , 被告律师
The defence is the case that is presented by a lawyer in a trial for the person who has been accused of a crime. You can also refer to this person's lawyers as the defence.
反义词
prosecution
双语例句
例：
The defence was that the records of the interviews were fabricated by the police.
被告答辩称问询记录是警察捏造的。
例：
The defence pleaded insanity.
辩护律师申辩称被告精神错乱。
8. [SING 单数型名词] 防守队员
In games such as football or hockey, the defence is the group of players in a team who try to stop the opposing players from scoring a goal or a point.
双语例句
例：
Their defence, so strong last season, has now conceded 12 goals in six games.
他们的防守在上个赛季牢不可摧，但在本赛季的6场比赛中已经丢了12个球。

PHRASE. 习语

to someone's defence
1. 为某人辩护
If you come to someone's defence, you help them by doing or saying something to protect them.
双语例句
例：
He realized none of his schoolmates would come to his defence.
他意识到没有一个同学会来为他辩护。