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defensive
Word family
de·fen·sive1 /dɪˈfensɪv/ ●○○ adjectiveadj
2 DEFENDbehaving in a way that shows you think someone is criticizing you even if they are not 戒备的，自卫的，有戒心的
3 DS American EnglishAmE relating to stopping the other team from getting points in a game 〔比赛中〕防守的，防御的 OPP offensive
—defensively adverbadv
—defensiveness noun [uncountableU]
Examples from the Corpus
defensive• Police officers claimed that their actions during the riots were purely defensive.• Dave Campo is the Cowboys' third defensive coordinator in four years.• Their success was built upon a resolute defensive display, shutting out 12-goal Dean Saunders.• Rather than getting upset or defensive, I see myself being genuinely interested in her input.• Brackens is the best rusher in the defensive line.• a defensive player• The invention of the tank and the aircraft broke through the defensive stalemate that had characterised the first world war.• Dallas has lost two good players from their defense, cornerback Larry Brown and defensive tackle Russell Maryland.• The city would be encircled by its defensive walls pierced by town gates.• According to the report, only defensive weapons had been supplied to Iran.• defensive weapons
defensive2 noun
1 on/onto the defensive CRITICIZEbehaving in a way that shows that you think that someone is criticizing you even if they are not 处于戒备状态（的），存有戒心（的）
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on/onto the defensive• It was the only time in her life that she had noticed her maternal grandmother at a disadvantage, on the defensive.• This immediately puts the farmer on the defensive and reinforces the public's perception of them as a complaining, dissatisfied group.• The conference, held in a Protestant church, found Daley and his group on the defensive.• Motta always put him on the defensive.• The industry is on the defensive in Congress, in courts across the nation and in the war for public opinion.• He was tense now - on the defensive.
2 put/force somebody on the defensive if you put someone on the defensive in an argument, you attack them so that they are in a weaker position 迫使某人处于守势 → go on the offensive
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put/force somebody on the defensive• Motta always put him on the defensive.• This established licensing hours for the first time, and put brewers on the defensive.• You guys being a little bit aggressive at the beginning put him on the defensive.• The Sangh has put Congress on the defensive by forcing it to dilute its secular tradition.• These two seemed friendly enough, but their questions about Sweetheart put him on the defensive.• This puts people on the defensive, and they may become silent or get angry.• Simple as sneezing to put him on the defensive.• The Conservative achievement in the 1980s was to put Labour on the defensive by presenting Thatcherism as a continuation of historic Conservatism.
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defensive• But putting news directors on the defensive is by no means a bad thing.• The industry is on the defensive in Congress, in courts across the nation and in the war for public opinion.• There are two reasons why the Government is now on the defensive after last week's protests against high fuel tax.
de·fen·sive1 adjectiveadjdefensive2 noun
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