0 to protect someone or something against attack or criticism; to speak in favour of someone or something -- 保护，防卫；为…辩护
How can we defend our homeland if we don't have an army? 如果没有军队，我们怎能保护我们的家园？
White blood cells help defend the body against infection. 白细胞帮助保护身体免受感染。
They are fighting to defend their beliefs/interests/rights. 他们在为捍卫自己的信仰／利益／权利而战。
The president was asked how he could defend (= explain his support for) a policy that increased unemployment. 首相被问及为什么他竟然会支持导致失业率上升的政策。
I'm going to karate lessons to learn how to defend myself. 我要去参加空手道训练课，学习如何自我防卫。
UK The Bank of England intervened this morning to defend the pound (= stop it from losing value). 今晨，英格兰银行为防止英镑贬值采取了干预措施。
1 to act as a lawyer for someone who has been accused of something in a court of law and try to prove that they are not guilty -- （在法庭上）为…辩护，当…的辩护律师
2 to compete in a sports competition that you won before and try to win it again -- （运动比赛中）卫冕；蝉联冠军
All the police officers were equipped with shields to defend themselves against the rioters.
Instead of defending traditional values, the church frequently seems weak-kneed and irresolute.
In the past, the party would have closed ranks around its leader and defended him loyally.
Exploitive agents endowed with the ability to interact selectively succeed in defending against invasion because they induce a highly non-interactive world.
The normative component of our arguments defends the use of these constraints as consistent with, or even inherent in, deliberation.
He defended his arguments with examples from the lives of legendary and historical heroines, with supporting citations from an array of ancient and modern writers.
