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

defencen.防御；答辩；防务defence cost辩护费defence case[法] 答辩方的证据和争论defence plan安全防线defence pact防御公约defence group防御群defence depot国防仓库defence style防御方式defence costs[经] 辩护费defence staff国防参谋部defence wound[法] 防卫伤, 抵抗伤

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。