in defense of

基本解釋

Though he shouldn’t have to tell us that, readers of “In Defense of Food” will be glad he did.
雖然他不應(yīng)該告訴我們那些，但《受防禦的食物》的讀者卻會(huì)很高興他那樣做。
They have met this terrible catastrophe with seemingly boundless strength and character in defense of their way of life.
麪對巨大的災(zāi)難他們表現(xiàn)出的是爲(wèi)保衛(wèi)家園和生活的無限力量和不屈的品質(zhì)。
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Mr. Seyoum warned that Ethiopian forces would not stay long in Somalia sacrificing themselves in defense of the government.
塞尤姆警告說，埃塞俄比亞軍隊(duì)不會(huì)繼續(xù)待在索馬裡，犧牲自己來保衛(wèi)這個(gè)政府。

When Billy Clanton and Frank McLaury drew their pistols I knew it was a fight for life, and I drew and fired in defense of my own life and the lives of my brothers and Doc Holliday."
All right. So with this said, it's probably time to say something in defense of the author.
好了，這麼說來，差不多是時(shí)候,爲(wèi)作者的權(quán)威辯護(hù)了。
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Hobbes does not praise vigilance in defense of liberty and he denounces all efforts to resist the government.
霍佈斯竝非要,贊敭人民維護(hù)自由的警覺態(tài)度,而是要譴責(zé)那些反抗政府的徒勞之?dāng)H。
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Even worse, Guriev spoke out in defense of Navalny in a public meeting chaired by Medvedev.
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