v.防守；防护；辩护

Some players are better at defending. 有些运动员较擅长打防卫。

The union said that they would take action to defend their member's jobs. 工会说他们将采取行动维护会员的工作权益。

He was afraid of being attacked by Liu Bei and Sun Quan, so he sent a troop to defend Jingzhou. 他害怕刘备和孙权继续向他进攻,派人在荆州防守。

He undertook to defend this attitude. 他开始为这一态度辩护。

defend的基本意思是避开危险和进攻以保证安全,指使用某种方法避开实际的威胁或击退实际的攻击。引申可指坚持、捍卫某种行动、意见、决定或捍卫某种原则的纯洁性。

defend可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词,用作及物动词时,按名词、代词或that从句作宾语。偶尔也可接双宾语,可用于被动结构。

defend常与against连用表示“防守,捍卫”; 与from连用表示“保护…以防,使…免遭危害”。