defend

vt. 防护, 辩护, 防卫
【法】 作...的辩护律师, 辩护, 为...答辩
相关词组:
defend A from B

名词:defender 动词过去式:defended 过去分词:defended 现在分词:defending 第三人称单数:defends 形容词:defendable 

de.fend

v.（动词）
de.fend.ed,de.fend.ing,de.fends
v.tr.（及物动词）
To make or keep safe from danger, attack, or harm.
保卫：使安全或保持安全，没危险，不受攻击或伤害
To support or maintain, as by argument or action; justify.
支持：支持或维护，如通过争辩或采取行动；为…辩护
Law
【法律】
To represent (a defendant) in a civil or criminal action.
辩护：为（被告）的民事或刑事诉讼进行辩护
To attempt to disprove or invalidate (an action or a claim).
抗辩：试图证明（诉讼或声明）是错的，或使（诉讼或声明）无效
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To make a defense.
防御，保卫，保护

来源：
Middle English defenden
中古英语 defenden
from Old French defendre
源自 古法语 defendre
from Latin dôfendere [to ward off] * see g when-
源自 拉丁语 dôfendere [避开，挡开] *参见 g when-

【引伸】
defend.able
adj.（形容词）
defend.er
n.（名词）
<参考词汇><同义词>defend,protect,guard,preserve,shield,safeguardThese verbs mean to make or keep safe from danger, attack, or harm.
这些动词的意思是：使安全或保持安全状态不遭受危险、攻击或伤害。
Defend implies the taking of measures to repel an attack:
Defend 含有采取措施抵制进攻的意思：
例句：
defending the island against invasion;
保卫岛屿不受侵犯；

例句：
tried to defend his reputation.
试图保护他的声誉。

Protect often suggests providing a cover to repel discomfort, injury, or attack:
Protect 常含有提供安全的方式来驱开不适、伤害或进攻：
例句：
bought a dog to protect the children from unfriendly strangers;
买一条狗保护孩子们避开不友善的陌生人；

例句：
wore sunglasses to protect my eyes;
戴太阳镜保护我的眼睛；

例句：
has to learn to protect herself.
不得不学会自我保护。

Guard suggests keeping watch:
Guard 含有看守的意思：
例句：
police guarding the entrance to the embassy;
看守大使馆出口处的警察；

例句：
guarded the house against intruders. To
看守房子以警戒入侵者。

preserve is to take measures to maintain something in safety:
Preserve 指采取措施维护…的安全：
例句：
fighting to preserve freedom;
为自由而战；

例句：
ecologists working to preserve our natural resources.
为保护我们的自然资源工作的生态学家们。

Shield suggests protection likened to a piece of defensive armor interposed between the threat and the threatened:
Shield 含有保卫的意思，就象挡在威胁者和受威胁者之间的防御性甲胄：
例句：
His lawyers tried to shield him from the angry reporters.
他的律师试图保护他避开愤怒的记者。

Safeguard stresses protection against potential or less imminent dangerand often implies preventive action:
Safeguard 强调保护不遭受潜在的或不那么迫近的危险，常含有防御性行动的意思：
例句：
The Bill of Rights safeguards our individual liberties.
权力法案保护我们的个人自由。