defend
英 [d?'fend]
美[d?'f?nd]
- vt. 辯護；防護
- vi. 保衛(wèi)；防守
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詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?defends;過去式:?defended;過去分詞:?defended;現(xiàn)在分詞:?defending;
助記提示
1. 諧音“提防的”。
中文詞源
defend 防御
de-, 向下，離開。-fend, 擊，打，詞源同bane, offend. 即擊擋開，防御。
英文詞源
- defend
- defend: [13] Defend comes via Old French defendre from Latin dēfendere ‘ward off’, a compound verb formed from the prefix dē- ‘off, away’ and an element that survives elsewhere only in other compound forms (represented in English by offend). It has been suggested that this is related to Sanskrit han- ‘strike’ and Old English gūth ‘battle’, and that it can be traced ultimately to a prehistoric Indo-European *gwendh-.
Defend had not long become established in English when it produced the offspring fend, dispensing with the first syllable. This in turn formed the basis of the derivatives fender [15] and forfend [14]. Fence likewise comes from defence.
=> fence, fend - defend (v.)
- mid-13c., from Old French defendre (12c.) "defend, resist," and directly from Latin defendere "ward off, protect, guard, allege in defense," from de- "from, away" (see de-) + -fendere "to strike, push," from PIE root *gwhen- "to strike, kill" (see bane). In the Mercian hymns, Latin defendet is glossed by Old English gescildee. Related: Defended; defending.
雙語例句
- 1. Those people who took up weapons to defend themselves are political prisoners.
- 那些拿起武器自衛(wèi)的人是些政治犯。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Torrence expects to defend her title successfully in the next Olympics.
- 托倫斯希望在下屆奧運會上能夠衛(wèi)冕成功。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Every man who could fight was now committed to defend the ridge.
- 每個能夠參加戰(zhàn)斗的男子現(xiàn)在都決心要保衛(wèi)這條山脊。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. They are ready to defend themselves against Uncle Sam's imperialist policies.
- 他們已做好抗擊美國帝國主義政策的準備。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. To argue otherwise is trying to defend the indefensible.
- 持相反的論點就是試圖為站不住腳的事情強辯。
來自柯林斯例句