to defend

基本解释

Let’s challenge every elected official who benefits from these ads to defend this practice or join us in stopping it.
让我们一起质问每一个从这些广告受益的当选官员，要么为这种行为辩护，要么加入我们一起阻止它。
My flower is ephemeral, and she has only four thorns to defend herself against the world. And I have left on my planet, all alone!
我的花生命是短暂的，她只有四根刺可以保护自己，抵御世界，我却将她独自留在我的星球上了！
So I would ask you to please think of ways you can be there for everyone who is making this journey to defend not only human rights globally, but to truly defend themselves and their rights.
因此，我想要求你们——请想一想办法，你们不仅能够在世界范围内帮助走向这条道路以捍卫自己权利的人，也能真正保护他们以及他们的权力。

He used strong language and seemed to say that the United States would fight, if necessary,to defend its claim.
So, the authority of the canon that he invokes to defend himself in fact suggests perhaps that he has some doubts? Yes.
因此，那些他用来维护他自己的大炮的权威,表明了他实际上是有怀疑的。
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So, just an introduction to the classes of potential foreign invaders that our immune system tries to defend us against.
所以我只是简单介绍几类,免疫系统试图抵御的潜在外来侵略者
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And he has given himself lots of room to decide which interests to defend.
ECONOMIST: Charlemagne