Инглиш
Бот
Открыть в ТГ

📖 Определения и значения для слова defend

📒 to protect somebody/something from attack

  • defend somebody/something The role of the military is to defend the country.
  • Troops have been sent to defend the borders.
  • defend somebody/something against somebody/something The male birds defend their territory against other males.

📒 to protect something that you value and prevent it from being taken away

  • The organization works to defend human rights wherever they are threatened.
  • Freedom must always be defended.
  • The ruling class will always defend its own interests.

📒 to say or write something in support of somebody/something that has been criticized

  • They defended their decision to pull out of the event.
  • The minister vigorously defended the policy.
  • How can you defend such behaviour?

📒 to protect your own goal to stop your opponents from scoring

  • They were forced to defend for long periods.
  • defend something Moody and Moran defended their goal well.

📒 to take part in a competition that you won the last time and try to win it again

  • He is defending champion.
  • She will be defending her title at next month's championships.
  • The champion successfully defended his title against the American challenger.

📒 to act as a lawyer for somebody who has been charged with a crime

  • defend (somebody) He has employed one of the UK's top lawyers to defend him.
  • Who's defending?
  • defend yourself Smith has announced that she will defend herself in the case.
Инглиш Бот - ультимативный All-on-One бот и словарь для английского Это цифровой интерактивный словарь слов с продвинутыми возможностями. Вы находитесь на сайте проекта, однако полные возможности доступны в телеграм боте.