| 单词 | defensive |
| 释义 | defensive (once / 394 pages) nadj Someone on the defensive is concerned with justifying their actions or words. They have a defensive attitude as they try to protect themselves. If you know that to defend is to protect, you have an idea what defensive means. When a person is acting defensive, they're trying to protect or justify themselves. People who are insecure or guilty tend to act defensive. Also, defensive players in football try to prevent the other side from scoring, just like defensive military strategies try to protect something. When someone has a defensive attitude, or is forced to defend something, we also say they're "on the defensive." WORD FAMILYdefensive: defensively, defensiveness, defensives+/defence: defenceless, defences, self-defence/defenceless: defencelessly, defencelessness/defend: defence, defendable, defendant, defended, defender, defending, defends, defensible, defensive/defendable: undefendable/defendant: co-defendant, defendants/defender: defenders/defensible: defensibility, defensibly, indefensible/indefensible: indefensibly USAGE EXAMPLESThe quarterback on the Tigers’ scout team this season was someone who is paid millions of dollars to do something else: defensive coordinator Brent Venables. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) They brought us an energy and a toughness that we lack a lot of the times on the defensive end. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) Pearson missed the front end of the one-and-one, Robert Champion grabbed the defensive rebound and Benzan drove for the winner. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n an attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase `on the defensive') Syn|Hyper defensive attitude attitude, mental attitude a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways 2adj attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing Syn justificative, justificatory apologetic, excusatory offering or expressing apology 3adj intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack defensive weapons a defensive stance Syn|Ant antiaircraft designed for defense from a surface position against air attack antisubmarinedefensive against enemy submarines antitankdesigned for defense against armored vehicles defendingattempting to or designed to prevent an opponent from winning or scoring en garde(fencing) in a defensive stance protectiveintended or adapted to afford protection of some kind offensive for the purpose of attack rather than defense aggressivehaving or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends hostilecharacterized by enmity or ill will antipersonneldesigned to inflict death or personal injury rather than material destruction assaultive, attackingdisposed to attack hit-and-run, tip-and-rundesigned for or consisting of a brief attack followed by a quick escape incursive, invading, invasiveinvolving invasion or aggressive attack marauding, predatory, raidingcharacterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding on the offensiveactively attacking |
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