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单词 defender
释义
defender
noun[C]
uk
/dɪˈfen.dər/us
/dɪˈfen.dɚ/

defendernoun[C](PROTECTOR)

someone whoprotectsaplaceagainstattack, or whobelievesin andsupportsaperson,idea,plan, etc.:
守卫者，捍卫者；支持者
The city's defenders wereoutnumberedby thebesiegingarmy.在数量上，守城者不及围城的军队。
Sofarthey havefoundfew defendersoftheirpointofviewoncampus.到目前为止，他们在学校里没找到几个支持他们观点的人。
More examples
  • Hegainedareputationas being astaunchdefender ofcivilrights.
  • She is astrictdefender ofCatholicorthodoxy.
  • The defenderlaunchedhimself at theattackingplayer,bringinghim to theground.
  • Heproducedabrilliantfeint,passedtwo defenders, andsmashedtheballinto thenet.
  • The defendersrepelledtheattackwithoutlosingany men.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Supporters, members & defenders
  • advocate
  • allyship
  • anti-evolution
  • anti-evolutionary
  • anti-evolutionist
  • apologist
  • apostle
  • booster
  • cadre
  • custodian
  • new/fresh bloodidiom
  • partisan
  • patroness
  • protagonist
  • recruit
  • seconder
  • sidekick
  • upholder
  • votary
  • well-wisher
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defendernoun[C](IN SPORT)

B2mainlyUK
someone in asportsteamwhotriestopreventthe otherteamfromscoringpoints,goals, etc.:
防守队员；后卫
The Brazilianattackput France's defenders underpressure.巴西队的进攻给法国队的后卫施加了很大的压力。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Competitors & participants in sports & games
  • back four
  • baller
  • ballplayer
  • base jumper
  • benchwarmer
  • challenger
  • competitor
  • jumper
  • keeper
  • long-jumper
  • longboarder
  • major league
  • mid-table
  • midfield anchor
  • retire
  • trampolinist
  • trialist
  • triathlete
  • triple jumper
  • triple threat
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(Definition ofdefenderfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

defender| American Dictionary

defender
noun[C]
us
/dɪˈfen·dər/

defendernoun[C](PERSON WHO PROTECTS)

apersonwhosupportssomeone or something,esp. whenattackedorcriticized:
She is a defender of women’srights.

defendernoun[C](SPORTS)

someone on ateamwhotriestopreventthe otherteamfromscoringpoints:
Murraydribbledpast a defender andfiredtheballrightinto thebasket.
(Definition ofdefenderfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdefender

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Furthermore, the stereotypically 'masculine ' values (physical strength, defenders, cold-blooded), were mostly emphasised by female soldiers, not male.
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The riots in the centre of the village meanwhile continued, causing injuries to both attackers and defenders and much damage to private property.
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Perhaps defenders of the design argument can account for this motive.
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The defenders of this opinion we will call subjectivists.
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The latter is a remarkably common theme, and one, as we shall see, that is not limited to the defenders of traditional republicanism.
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The defenders were fast losing the numbers game.
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In fact, in the 1960s open criticism of the leading defenders of 'the law of development' became almost unthinkable.
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The broken topography offered good cover for the defenders, but for the attackers it was fearsome country.
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The negative relationship between ants and non-ants that has been detected in our study thus means a negative relationship between better a nd less-good defenders.
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In general, arthropods from several taxonomic groups appear at extrafloral nectaries, but ants seem to be the most important defenders.
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The initial, almost instinctive, response of the industrial bourgeoisie and its ideological defenders was to deny that harm occurred.
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I will discuss the methodological writings of two defenders of the corpuscular theory.
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The defenders are few, much less than the number of disaffected sepoys.
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In fact, the passive, anticipates a 'lard factor' of 33 to 50 percent which has few defenders nowadays, has fallen in first drafts of sentences.
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Curiously enough, con-icting tendencies emerge: defenders of interbreeding, opponents of the 'struggle for existence', prophets of mass human degeneration, and so on.
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