英 [dfens] 美 [df?ns]
n.辯護； 防禦； 防禦工事； 後衛
防禦；防守；防衛；辯護
復數： defences
雙語例句
1. The defence counsel warned that the judge should stop the trial.
被告辯護律師強烈建議法官應該休庭。
2. Defence soaks up forty per cent of the budget.
國防耗去40%的預算。
3. It is quite clear that we were firing in self defence.
事實很清楚，我們開槍是出於自衛。
4. Shortly afterwards, cuts in defence spending forced the aerospace industry to retrench.
不久之後，國防開支的削減迫使航空航天業緊縮開支。
5. The country needs a defence capability as insurance against the unexpected.
國家需要有壹定的防禦能力，以應對不可預知的情況。