defense

名词 defense:

1. (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
   同义词：defence, defending team
2. military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
   同义词：defence, defensive measure
3. the defendant and his legal advisors collectively
   同义词：defence, defense team, defense lawyers
4. protection from harm
   同义词：defence
5. a structure used to defend against attack
   同义词：defensive structure, defence
6. the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
   同义词：refutation, defence
7. the justification for some act or belief
   同义词：defence, vindication
8. a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
   同义词：defence, denial, demurrer
9. an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
   同义词：defence, defense force, defence force
10. the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947
    同义词：Department of Defense, Defense Department, United States Department of Defense, DoD
11. (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
    同义词：defense mechanism, defense reaction, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defence

1. The magazine's disclosure of defense secrets caused great attention.
   该杂志对防务内幕的透露引起了极大的关注。
2. Whether a gun is a weapon of offence or a weapon of defense depends on which end of it you are at.
   枪是攻击武器还是防御武器，要看你的目的而定。
3. The army, navy and airforce are all controlled by the Ministry of Defense.
   陆海空军皆由国防部控制。
4. She's on attachment to the Ministry of Defense.
   她现在隶属于国防部。
5. A park at the southern tip of Manhattan Island at the upper end of New York Bay in southeast New York. It is the site of early Dutch and English fortifications and of Castle Clinton, built in1808 for the defense of the harbor.
   炮台公园曼哈顿岛南端的公园，位于纽约东南部的纽约湾北端。1808年为保护港口而建，早期荷兰和英国的防御工事及克林顿城堡就在此地
6. A defense mechanism in which there is an unconscious shift of emotions, affect, or desires from the original object to a more acceptable or immediate substitute.
   移情作用; 情感转移一种防卫机制，情感、影响、愿望从原始目标潜意识地转移到一个立即或更可接受的替代对象
7. The Senate has voted to support the President's defense plans.
   参议院已经投票支持总统的防卫计划。
8. The best defense is offense.
   先下手为强/以攻为守。

de.fense

n.Abbr. def.（名词）缩写 def.
The act of defending against attack, danger, or injury.
防御：保护以使不受攻击、危险或伤害的行为
A means or method of defending or protecting.
护卫措施：防御或保护的手段或方法
An argument in support or justification of something.See Synonyms at apology
辩护：为支持或证明某事的正确性所作的争辩参见 apology
Law
【法律】
The action of the defendant in opposition to complaints against him or her.
答辩，辩护：被告对起诉进行的答辩
The defendant and his or her legal counsel.
辩方，被告方：包括被告和他（她）的合法的辩护律师
The science or art of defending oneself; self-defense.
防卫技巧，自卫：保护自己的技术或技巧；自卫
Sports The team or those players on the team attempting to stop the opposition from scoring.
【体育运动】 防守队员：试图阻止对方进球的球队或球队队员们
The military, governmental, and industrial complex, especially as it authorizes and manages weaponry production.
防御体系：军事、 政府和工业部门的综合型系统，尤指当该企业有权进行武器生产时
v.tr.（及物动词）
de.fensed,de.fens.ing,de.fens.es 【体育运动】
To attempt to stop (the opposition) from scoring.
企图阻止（对方）进球得分

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Latin dôfônsa [from feminine past participle of] dôfendere [to ward off] * see defend
源自 拉丁语 dôfônsa [] 源自dôfendere的阴性过去分词 [避开，挡开] *参见 defend

【引伸】
defense.less
adj.（形容词）
defense.lessly
adv.（副词）
defense.lessness
n.（名词）