| 1. | When asked to explain her behaviour, she gave a very defensive answer. |
| 有人问她为什么要这样做,她则极力为自己辩解。
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| 2. | She's very defensive about her part in the affair. |
| 她极力掩盖她在此事中充当的角色。
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| 3. | The team was thrown on(to) the defensive as their opponents rallied. |
| 该队在对手重整旗鼓后,被迫采取守势。
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| 4. | Talk about boy-friends always puts her on the defensive . |
| 一谈到男朋友,她总是戒心十足。
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| 5. | Our troops took up defensive positions on high ground overlooking the river. |
| 我部队在临河高地上占据了防御阵地。
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| 6. | There has long been a superstition among mariners that porpoises will save drowning men by pushing them to the surface, or protect them from sharks by surrounding them in defensive formation. |
| 长期以来，海员中流传着一种迷信的说法，认为海豚会把快要淹死的人托到水面，救人性命；或在人们周围列队保护，使他们免遭鲨鱼伤害。
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| 7. | defensive warfare, measures |
| 防御战, 防御措施
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| 8. | a defensive weapon system to destroy missiles approaching the country |
| 摧毁射向该国的导弹的防御武器系统
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| 9. | bowling to a defensive field |
| 向守队投球
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| 10. | a defensive attitude |
| 防卫的姿态
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