| 释义 |
on the defensiveExpecting or resisting criticism or attack: British forces were on the defensive...- They held up his reform programme and kept him on the defensive by mounting attacks on his closest associates.
- Stay on the defensive, dodge constantly, and look for the other guy to make mistakes.
- The Germans mostly remained on the defensive in the west in 1915, while chasing the Russians out of Poland.
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