Defense

(noun.) the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury; 'a good boxer needs a good defense'; 'defense against hurricanes is an urgent problem'.

(noun.) protection from harm; 'sanitation is the best defense against disease'.

(noun.) (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies; 'they died in the defense of Stalingrad'; 'they were developed for the defense program'.

(noun.) a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him; 'he gave evidence for the defense'.

(noun.) the justification for some act or belief; 'he offered a persuasive defense of the theory'.

(noun.) an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack; 'he joined the defense against invasion'.

(noun.) the defendant and his legal advisors collectively; 'the defense called for a mistrial'.

(noun.) (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring; 'his teams are always good on defense'.

校对:沃尔多

• But I should not offer the evidence for the prosecution and leave the defense unheard. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• The coast defense artillery consists of the 8-, 10-, 12- and 16-inch guns and the 12-inch mortars. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• I may not wed the man who slays my husband, even in self-defense. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• I make that statement in self-defense; there let it stop. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• William James might also be cited for his defense of those beliefs that are beyond the realm of proof. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• But we had adopted a new code--it was millions for defense, but not a cent for bucksheesh. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• But we have never fought in defense except when our town was taken. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• This repulsive pillow was her especial property, being used as a weapon of defense, a barricade, or a stern preventive of too much slumber. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• I think, though, that Mayor Seidel's defense would by itself make this experiment memorable. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Jane shuddered and looked fearfully up at the giant figure beside her, for she knew that he meant the great anthropoid he had killed in her defense. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• It is known that against such weapons of offense no fortifications can last and that the employment of such weapons has forced both armies to depend on their trenches as their main defense. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The substance of some lectures in defense of Christianity, in courses endowed by the will of Robert Boyle, made Franklin a Deist. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• It is a matter of record that chattel slavery in this country was deduced from Biblical injunction, that the universities furnished brains for its defense. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• He aided in the defense of his native city against the Roman s in 212 B.C,and devised war-engines with which to repel the besiegers. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• For naval purposes the 14-inch gun is the largest now used in American battleships, but in the United States coast defense forts, 16-inch guns are installed. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The largest guns of our battleships are of 13 inch calibre, and about 40 feet long, but larger ones are employed for sea coast defenses. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• These were the natural defenses of his body, but what were they against the teeth, the claws and the tremendous muscles of his enemy? 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.

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