| 单词 | defend |
| 释义 | de·fend transitive verb 1. archaic 2. archaic < which God defend that I should wring from him — Shakespeare > 3. < men defending their homes > < defend our shores > — often used with from < a floor … to defend the old woman's bones from the dampness — Ellen Glasgow > 4. < defend a theory > < defended his friend's behavior > specifically 5. 6. < defend a claim at law > : contest < defend a suit > intransitive verb 1. < the defending champion > < he preferred defending to attacking > specifically 2. in card games a. b. Synonyms: < to defend the settlers from the Indians > < the antitrust laws must constantly defend the ideal of industrial democracy against all sorts of pressures — T.W.Arnold > protect is somewhat wider and may imply shielding or guarding, sometimes as with a cover, from anything that might injure or destroy < cherished and nurtured to strength by his mother, he may then protect and cherish another woman in his turn — Weston La Barre > < a refuge for deer, bear, and wildcats. It is protected by a private game warden — American Guide Series: North Carolina > < the ledge-lined harbor rimmed with well-kept estates affords a protected anchorage for a large yachting fleet — American Guide Series: Connecticut > shield suggests interposition of or as of a shield, screen, or other protective intervention against attack somewhat more imminent and specific than that suggested by protect < who shielded himself from importunate callers by an impassable barrage of clerks and secretaries — W.F.Hambly > < innocent, confessing to the crime to shield the real murderer, a close friend or relative who had a wife and many children — American Guide Series: Arizona > guard implies protecting with vigilance, force, and strength < to guard the pass against attack > < secret service men guarding the president > < the accumulation of private wealth in Boston, thriftily guarded by the canny Whigs — Van Wyck Brooks > safeguard applies to any strong and careful protective measures against potential dangers and threats < the proletariat, scared by the famine and the floods of the Tiber, looked to him to safeguard their precarious livelihood and their scanty pleasures — John Buchan > < tax reforms which will bring the most revenue to the government while safeguarding the best interests of our economy and the nation's investors — G.K.Funston > < Marge safeguards the reputation of the arresting policeman by riding with him when he takes the girl to the county clink — G.S.Perry > Synonym: see in addition maintain. |
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