defends

英 [dɪˈfendz]

美 [dɪˈfendz]

v.  防御; 保护; 保卫; 辩解; 辩白; 防守
defend的第三人称单数

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

• Sometimes the law places the whole apparatus of judges, police, prisons, and gendarmes at the service of the plunderers, and treats the victim when he defends himself as a criminal.
  有时法律设置法官、警察、监狱和宪兵为掠夺者服务，用来对待牺牲者&当他保护自己的时候，却成了罪犯。
• He defends the weak and abused.
  他保护弱者和被欺负的人。
• Vanessa defends her clients.
  瓦妮莎为自己的客户做出了辩护。
• It means he defends a lot of bad guys.
  那意味着他为很多坏人辩护。
• He defends a black man wrongfully accused of raping a white woman.
  他父亲为一名黑人做辩护，这名黑人被诬陷强奸了一名白人妇女。
• The defender must study the weaknesses of the city he defends.
  防卫者必须仔细研究他所防卫的城池的各个薄弱环节。
• This broad-spectrum sunblock defends skin against UVA and UVB rays.
  宽谱防晒，帮助皮肤抵御UVA和UVB。
• The army defends the people from harm.
  军队保护人民免遭伤害。
• William Ruskin of the law firm Epstein Becker& Green, who defends companies against product liability suits, says this is just the beginning.
  爱宾格林律师事务所（EpsteinBecker&Green）的威廉•拉斯金（WilliamRuskin）在产品责任诉讼中为公司方辩护。他表示，这只是开始。
• Yes; but it might make some unpleasant talk if he really defends the suit.
  不错；可假如他真要进行抗辩，却有可能造成不愉快的口实。