defended

英 [dɪˈfendɪd]

美 [dɪˈfendɪd]

v.  防御; 保护; 保卫; 辩解; 辩白; 防守
defend的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 防御;保卫;保护
  If youdefendsomeone or something, you take action in order to protect them.
  1. Every man who could fight was now committed to defend the ridge...
     每个能够参加战斗的男子现在都决心要保卫这条山脊。
  2. His courage in defending religious and civil rights inspired many outside the church...
     他在捍卫宗教和公民权利时所表现出来的勇气鼓舞了许多教会之外的人。
  3. They would have killed him if he had not defended himself...
     如果他没有进行自卫的话，他们早就把他给杀死了。
  4. In 1991 he and his friends defended themselves against some white racist thugs who set upon them for no other reason than their skin colour.
     1991 年，他和朋友在面对几个仅仅因为肤色就攻击他们的白人种族主义暴徒时奋起自卫。
• VERB 替…辩护;为…辩解;维护
  If youdefendsomeone or something when they have been criticized, you argue in support of them.
  1. Matt defended all of Clarence's decisions, right or wrong...
     克拉伦斯的决定，不管对错，马特都予以维护。
  2. The author defends herself against charges of racism by noting that blacks are only one of her targets...
     面对种族主义指控，作者替自己辩护说黑人只是她的抨击目标之一。
  3. Police chiefs strongly defended police conduct against a wave of criticism.
     针对批评的浪潮，警察局长们极力为警方的行为进行辩护。
• VERB (律师)为(被告)辩护
  When a lawyerdefendsa person who has been accused of something, the lawyer argues on their behalf in a court of law that the charges are not true.
  1. ...a lawyer who defended political prisoners during the military regime...
     在军人政权时期为政治犯辩护的律师
  2. He has hired a lawyer to defend him against the allegations...
     他已聘请了一位律师针对这些指控为自己辩护。
  3. Guy Powell, defending, told magistrates: 'It's a sad and disturbing case.'
     盖伊·鲍威尔在进行辩护时对地方法官说道:“这是一件非常不幸、令人不安的案子。”
• VERB 卫(冕)
  When a sports player plays in the tournament which they won the previous time it was held, you can say that theyare defendingtheir title.
  1. Torrence expects to defend her title successfully in the next Olympics...
     托伦斯希望在下届奥运会上能够卫冕成功。
  2. India had to struggle to beat defending champions South Korea 2-0.
     印度队苦战之下才以 2 比 0 击败卫冕冠军韩国队。

双语例句

• Ali defended his title for three years, but was less successful in his battle with the draft board.
  阿里捍卫他的冠军头衔达3年之久，但和征兵局的斗争可就没有那么成功了。
• The prime minister defended her action.
  首相为她的行动进行辩护。
• Once the dust had settled Beck defended his decision
  事态一旦平息，贝克就为他的决定辩白。
• I would not have written, but justice requires my character to be defended.
  我本来可以不写，但正义要求我为自己的品格辩护。
• He gamely defended his organisation's decision.
  他极力为其组织的决定辩解。
• Initially, only a few hunting rifles and sandbags defended the parliament.
  起初，保卫议会的只有几杆猎枪和沙袋。
• She defended herself successfully in court.
  她在法庭上成功地为自己作了辩护。
• In 1991 he and his friends defended themselves against some white racist thugs who set upon them for no other reason than their skin colour.
  1991年，他和朋友在面对几个仅仅因为肤色就攻击他们的白人种族主义暴徒时奋起自卫。
• A London Underground spokesman defended the decision to hold the train until police arrived.
  伦敦地铁公司的发言人为推迟发车直到警方赶来的决定作了辩解。
• It must be nurtured, maintained, defended.
  我们必须精心培育、维护和捍卫和平。