| 单词 | defenceless |
| 释义 | defenceless (dɪfensləs ) regional note: in AM, use defenseless adjective If someone or something is defenceless, they are weak and unable to defend themselves properly. ...a savage attack on a defenceless young girl. ...the kind of leader who would leave the country isolated and defenceless. Synonyms: helpless, exposed, vulnerable, naked Collocations: defenceless animals Horses are defenceless animals and the authorities should be doing more to protect them. The Sun It's bad enough people harm each other, let alone defenceless animals. The Sun Studies have shown that people who commit such cowardly sickening acts against innocent defenceless animals move on to attack bigger things, such as people. The Sun But turning beaches into high-security zones can never be a practical proposition and there will always be places where defenceless civilians are vulnerable. Times, Sunday Times He witnessed repeated atrocities inflicted upon defenceless civilians. Times, Sunday Times In both poem and story, defenceless civilians retreat to the expected safety of caves with their animals; the caves have access above, and a supply of air. The Times Literary Supplement The victims were defenceless civilians: pedestrians, diners and young concertgoers, of whom more than 30 died and hundreds were injured. Times, Sunday Times |
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