Defend

(verb.) argue or speak in defense of; 'She supported the motion to strike'.

(verb.) be on the defensive; act against an attack.

(verb.) protect against a challenge or attack; 'Hold that position behind the trees!'; 'Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks'.

(verb.) be the defense counsel for someone in a trial; 'Ms. Smith will represent the defendant'.

录入:泰茜

• I don't defend poor Stanislas, though he has always called me his best friend. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• But if she does, I am quite sure you will find her sons able to defend their island, even against enmity and treachery. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Heaven defend me from being ungrateful! 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• Here, again, he disarmed me by not attempting to defend himself. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The opportunity frequently occurred for me to defend General Buell against what I believed to be most unjust charges. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• I don't defend the folly of playing you a trick under the circumstances. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• He stood up to defend Aspasia, he was seized by a storm of very human emotion, and as he spoke he wept--a gleeful thing for the rabble. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• In great circles the air craft of the marauders swept lower and lower toward the defending forces of the therns. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• You abuse Moore for defending his mill. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• But a coward, a man incapable either of defending or of revenging himself, evidently wants one of the most essential parts of the character of a man. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• I was upstairs, mama, moving my things, said Susan, in a fearless, self-defending tone, which startled Fanny. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• But he is incapable of defending them in a discussion, and vainly tries to cover his confusion with banter and insolence. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Then of course the pirates began their attacks, and he was kept poor in defending his patents, and died comparatively so in 1860; but happy in his great discovery. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Life has been miserable--miserable, at least, of late--but I will not cast away the gift of God, while he affords me the means of defending it. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• And say, mothers of America, is this a thing to be defended, sympathized with, passed over in silence? 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• In that, he could not be defended; but if he had injured her, how much more had he injured himself; if her case were pitiable, his was hopeless. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Melnos is well defended, but I mistrust Andros—he is too much a friend of that rascal Alcibiades. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• I love thee as I love Madrid that we have defended and as I love all my comrades that have died. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• He had defended the Sierra well and he wanted to be left alone there to defend it whenever it was attacked. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• The lower or eastern end was defended by two or three small detached works, armed with artillery and infantry. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• These two armies, and the cities covered and defended by them, were the main objective points of the campaign. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• He defends both,--and I think, at least, _consistently_. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• God often defends the powerful. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Yes; but it might make some unpleasant talk if he really defends the suit. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.

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