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单词 self-defense
释义
self-defense
noun[U]
US(UKself-defence)
us
/ˌselfdɪˈfens/uk
/ˌselfdɪˈfens/
protectionof yourself, either byfightingordiscussion:
He used theguninself-defense.
Inself-defense, I have to say that I only did what youaskedme to do.
theskilloffightingwithoutweaponstoprotectyourself:
She goes to self-defenseclassesfor women.
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(Definition ofself-defensefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

self-defense| American Dictionary

self-defense
noun[U]
us
/ˌself·dɪˈfens/
theprotectionof yourself:
She says sheshothim in self-defense.
(Definition ofself-defensefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofself-defense

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As to militancy, are governments with aggressive and interventionist foreign policies fundamentalist, no matter what cause they may invoke to justify their actions, includingself-defense?
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The attacker, in turn, would have a right to resist the victim'sself-defense, since he too is acting on a claim of right.
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A just war is a war ofself-defense, a last-resort measure necessary to stave off an armed attack against a nation-state or recognized political community.
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In neither film does the dutiful son even consider raising his hand inself-defenseor-unthinkable-in aggression.
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Although simple cases ofself-defenseraise the problem most simply, it is in fact ubiquitous.
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It is reasonable that she should have to do something to make her claim ofself-defenseor insanity plausible.
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The dispatch of groundself-defenseforces is more politically sensitive than that of maritime forces.
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And victims are held liable for the harms done to their assailants inself-defensewhen those harms could have been avoided by their own retreat.
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The ease with whichself-defensecan be justified should not mislead us into thinking that it is the paradigmatic cases of legitimate preemption.
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Instead, they would invoke conflicting rights, such as the right toself-defenseor a right to prevent aggression.
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Curiously, these two rather weak principles turn out to be too strong for ordinar y preventive practices likeself-defense.
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Our rights ofself-defenseare not that tepid.
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But suppose that there is a special justification forself-defenseagainst a non-responsible threat.
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Nonetheless, the juror will be instructed that he must convict unless he positively believes (instead of merely suspects) that the defendant acted inself-defense.
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The person who is acting inself-defenseor who abandons a criminal attempt is like the blundering chess player.
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