记忆方法
将“defensive”分解为“de-”和“fence”。记住“de-”表示“向下”或“相反”，而“fence”意味着“篱笆”或“防护”。想象一个篱笆被放倒（“de-”），失去了防护作用，变得容易受到攻击，这可以帮助你记住“defensive”表示的是“防御的”或“守势的”概念。
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词族 · defensive
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派生词
英语词源
- defensive
- c. 1400 (adj. and noun), from French défensif (14c.), from Medieval Latin defensivus, from defens-, past participle stem of Latin defendere (see defend). Of persons, "alert to reject criticism," from 1919. Related: Defensively; defensiveness.
权威例句
- 1. Circumstances dictated that they played a defensive rather than attacking game.
- 比赛形势决定了他们要打防守战而不是进攻战。
- 2. Like their children, parents are often defensive about their private lives.
- 就像子女一样，父母也常常很注重保护他们的私生活。
- 3. He smiled, not wanting to put the man on the defensive.
- 他笑了笑，不想让那个人产生抵触情绪。
- 4. Accusations are likely to put the other person on the defensive.
- 谴责很可能会引发对方自我防卫的反应。
- 5. The government said the moves were purely defensive.
- 政府说这些举措纯粹是出于防御目的。