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 defensive [dɪ'fɛnsɪv]   添加此单词到默认生词本
a. 防卫的, 防备用的, 自卫的

n. 守势, 防卫姿势, 防卫物

[医] 防御的


  1. She's very defensive about her part in the affair.
    她极力掩盖她在此事中充当的角色。
  2. When asked to explain her behavior, she gave a very defensive answer.
    当问她为什么要这样做时，她极力为自己辩护。
  3. Our troops took up defensive positions on high ground overlooking the river.
    我部队在临河高地上占据了防御阵地.


defensive
[ noun ]
  1. an attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase `on the defensive')

    2. <noun.cognition>
[ adj ]
  1. intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack

    2. <adj.all>
    defensive weapons
    a defensive stance
  2. attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing

    3. <adj.all>


Defensive \De*fen"sive\, a. [Cf. F. d['e]fensif.]
1. Serving to defend or protect; proper for defense; opposed
to offensive; as, defensive armor.

A moat defensive to a house. --Shak.

2. Carried on by resisting attack or aggression; -- opposed
to offensive; as, defensive war.

3. In a state or posture of defense. --Milton.


Defensive \De*fen"sive\, n.
That which defends; a safeguard.

Wars preventive, upon just fears, are true defensives.
--Bacon.

{To be on the defensive}, {To stand on the defensive}, to be
or stand in a state or posture of defense or resistance,
in opposition to aggression or attack.

  1. One target is Helicobacter pylori, an important cause of peptic ulcers. Magainin Pharmaceutical, based in Pennsylvania, is focusing on defensive peptides which frogs secrete from their skins.
  2. But the case underscores how plaintiffs' lawyers are increasingly on the defensive about their fees.
  3. A strong life business adds another defensive dimension. But such theoretical considerations will carry little weight with anyone other than value funds.
  4. The bid was trimmed by 3p to 777p. Smith & Nephew was slightly easier at 136p despite its defensive qualities. Nomura reduced its 1992 forecast by Pounds 5m to Pounds 145m, principally to reflect a weaker dollar.
  5. The truck maker also will ask holders to vote on certain defensive measures, including staggered terms for the company's directors.
  6. The stock market remained on the defensive today, extending the decline that has driven it down to its lowest levels in nearly a year and a half.
  7. Japan's post-war constitution limits its military to defensive capabilities and bans deployment of soldiers overseas.
  8. "George Bush was on the defensive," said Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass.
  9. He doesn't name names, but he says 75% of the Steeler offensive linemen took them, and 50% of the players who manned the team's "power positions" (the offensive and defensive lines, and linebackers).
  10. It looks like a pretty good defensive move, and he has made everybody wealthy in the process, except Amax," said analyst Rick Cohen, of Toronto's BBN James Capel Inc.
  11. Smith of New Hampshire and Craig of Idaho on the defensive in Senate races.
  12. Yazov and other Soviet officials have said they are moving toward a new doctrine with a defensive posture.
  13. It didn't help Gephardt _ he finished a dismal third _ but the blows kept Dukakis on the defensive.
  14. Interviewed on Channel 4 News, Soviet Foreign Ministry spokesman Gennady I. Gerasimov confirmed bombers were supplied to Libya under a 1986 agreement, but insisted they were short-range defensive aircraft.
  15. With that in mind, Mr. Kroll said his firm is selling some of its holdings in stocks that have become takeover targets, such as Kraft and RJR Nabisco, and is slowly moving the funds into other so-called defensive issues.
  16. UK funds, and marketmaking firms, had been inclined to take defensive stances ahead of the Budget.
  17. Jordan finds itself in much the same boat: Despite its friendship with Washington, the U.S. this year backed away from a plan to sell Jordan "defensive weapons," even while sending those same kinds of arms to Iran.
  18. Like Quebec City, Fermont has fortifications; unlike Quebec City, the defensive wall was built before the houses.
  19. A source close to the company said the recapitalization was not being undertaken as a defensive move.
  20. Dealers said most investor interest was focused on defensive blue-chip stocks, particularly those with limited U.K. exposure.
  21. Federated Department Stores' directors meet today to mull defensive moves against Campeau's hostile bid of $47 a share, or $4.2 billion.
  22. Weekend rains, coupled with a five-day forecast calling for more in prime corn and soybean growing regions, put traders on the defensive from the opening bell.
  23. There are short term explanations for this - food retailers are defensive companies in a market obsessed by potential recovery shares.
  24. Meanwhile, the takeover target announced several defensive measures.
  25. Committee members, who have been put on the defensive by the emotional reaction to Col. North, face a greater problem in their role as investigators.
  26. At my direction, elements of the 82nd Airborne Division, as well as key units of the United States Air Force, are arriving today to take up defensive positions in Saudi Arabia.
  27. The switch from defensive stocks to cyclicals continues accordingly.
  28. It is straightforward about what it has dropped - nationalisation, anti-Europeanism, unilateralism - but increasingly defensive about precisely what it would do if elected.
  29. "There is no denying there are defensive characteristics to these things, but that is not the primary purpose," Slayman said of the employee-stock plan, or ESOP, and the other moves. "The primary purpose is to enhance our competitiveness.
  30. The rating concern cited the possibility of a takeover by Gillette or another company or defensive moves by Gillette, any of which could "greatly diminish protection for Gillette's debt holders."
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