defend的意思

defend

英式音标[dɪ'fɛnd]
美式英标[dɪ'fend]

基本解释

vt. 辩护；防护

vi. 保卫；防守

defend 防御

de-, 向下，离开。-fend, 击，打，词源同bane, offend. 即击挡开，防御。

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 gescildeð. Related: Defended; defending.

1. Those people who took up weapons to defend themselves are political prisoners.: 那些拿起武器自卫的人是些政治犯。

2. Torrence expects to defend her title successfully in the next Olympics.: 托伦斯希望在下届奥运会上能够卫冕成功。

3. Every man who could fight was now committed to defend the ridge.: 每个能够参加战斗的男子现在都决心要保卫这条山脊。

4. They are ready to defend themselves against Uncle Sam's imperialist policies.: 他们已做好抗击美国帝国主义政策的准备。

5. To argue otherwise is trying to defend the indefensible.: 持相反的论点就是试图为站不住脚的事情强辩。