单词 | in defence of |
释义 | > as lemmasin defence of a. The action of defending or justifying an action, idea, person, etc., by argument; justification, vindication. Also: an instance of this. Frequently in in defence of. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > [noun] > vindication > vindication by argument defendingc1350 defencec1384 defensiona1425 defensoryc1475 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Philipp. i. 16 Witinge for I am putt in the defence [L. defensionem] of the gospel. ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) i. pr. iii. l. 192 Eueryche of hem wolde drawen to þe defence of his oppinioun þe wordes of socrates. c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 3 (MED) Þei ben dressid into þe seid vij maters..with certein defensis aȝens hem whiche wolen inpugne..þe deuise of þis book. 1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 69 Corroboring our iugement with sufficient defensis. 1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 10 I never yit tooke vppon me the defenc of ani quæstion. ?1631 C. More Life Sir T. More ii. 64 Sir Thomas argued so learnedly and forcibly in defence of the pope's parte. 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot ii. vi. 60 Marcelas speech is a pure defence of resolv'd virginity, vow'd Nunnery [etc.]. 1729 W. Law Serious Call xviii. 333 In defense of this method of education. 1795 Brit. Critic 5 670 An argument is employed in defence of military establishments in this second discourse. 1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel IV. xii. xxv. 168 A captain..undertook a long defence of army and navy, from the unpatriotic aspersions of the preceding speakers. 1870 J. H. Blunt Dict. Doctrinal & Hist. Theol. 449/1 Hindoos would endure in defence of their creed the torments of death. 1917 Manch. Guardian 13 Mar. 7/7 I do not wish to argue in defence of the new policy. 1941 Proc. Prehistoric Soc. 7 21 Archaeologists who neglect the B-Dolmens of northern Europe are destroying..any case they might make for the defence of the Montelian sequence. 2001 T. Allen Rolling Home xiv. 263 I want to say, in their defence, that they behaved very well for children of four- and six-years-old. < as lemmas |
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