defences

英 [dɪ'fensɪs] 美 [dɪ'fensɪs]

• n. 防御工事
• 名词defence的复数形式.
• =defenses.

英英释义

名词 defence:

1. (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

2. (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring

3. the defendant and his legal advisors collectively

4. an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack

5. the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions

6. the justification for some act or belief

7. a structure used to defend against attack

8. a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him

9. (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies

10. protection from harm

11. the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. When the war ended all defences stopped, too.
   战争结束时防御工事也停止了。
2. The enemy brushed aside our defences.
   敌人冲破了我们的防御工事。