They were on the defensive .

他们采取守势。

属类：综合句库--

Their missiles are viewed as a defensive and deterrent force.

他们的导弹被视为一种防卫和威慑力量。

属类：综合句库--

Their dialogue is oblique and defensive ,a Ping-Pong game of intellectual ploys,tiny digs and arch,veiled emotional prods(New York Times)The Q and A format gives the book a jerky,ping-pong rhythm(Nation)In fact,[ the movie ] pingpongs interminably between two basic situations(Washington Times)

他们的对话是转弯抹角的、处处设防的、一种智能游戏式的乒乓球赛、微小的嘲讽和狡诈以及隐藏着的感情攻击(纽约时报)Q版与A的格式给予此书一种快速拗口的节律(国家)事实上[电影]在两个基本场景之间蹦来蹦去华盛顿时报)

属类：综合句库--

They condemn themselves before they are charged, and this makes them defensive always

他们还没有受到指责就自怨自艾,因此他们永远处于守势。

属类：综合句库--

They teamed together in a defensive alliance.

他们结成了防御同盟。

属类：综合句库--

They were very defensive about their party's record on tax reform.

他们为他们的党在税制改革问题上的记录百般袒护。

属类：综合句库--

His lean long yellow face but in two by a nose like a wound was all the time arrogantly on the defensive

他那张又长又瘦的黄脸好像受了伤似地被鼻子从中分成两半,这张脸不论在任何时候总是摆出一副盛气凌人的样子,丝毫不容人有看不起自己的表示。

属类：综合句库--

He's on the defensive about his mistakes.

他为自己的错误辩解。

属类：综合句库--

A defensive play in which one or more linebackers or defensive backs charge through the line of scrimmage at the snap in an attempt to overwhelm the quarterback,especially in a passing situation.

突袭猛撞(四分卫)一种防守技术。一个或多个中后卫或防守后卫在对阵开球时向后冲过争球线以便破坏四分卫,尤指在传球时

属类：综合句库--

To camp in a defensive encirclement.

围成一圈,形成一个防御性营地

属类：综合句库--

Villa’s defensive dam finally burst.

维拉后防线终被撕破。

属类：体育娱乐-体育-奥运会

Our troops took up defensive positions on high ground overlooking the river.

我部队在临河高地上占据了防御阵地.

属类：综合句库-典型例句-

I left so that the numbness of my defensive living might thaw out

我的出走,是要让我那但求温饱的僵冻心理得以冰释。

属类：综合句库--

The army′s capability to fight a defensive war in the hitech erea

我军要高技术条件下的防卫作战的能力

属类：时事政治-中国译协对外传播翻译委员会推荐翻译-

Slowly but surely and relentlessly,the lost ground was recovered and we began to pass from the defensive to the offensive.

我们稳扎稳打、不屈不挠地收复了失地,并开始从军事防御转为军事进攻。

属类：综合句库--

We went over from the defensive to the offensive

我们由防御转为进攻。

属类：综合句库--

We took a defensive attitude in the negotiation

我们在谈判时取守势。

属类：综合句库--

He was on the defensive all the time I was speaking to him.

我说他时,他总是辩解。

属类：综合句库--

I could understand how she would become defensive and intimidated

我完全懂得她们是怎么变得谨小慎微,战战兢兢的了。

属类：综合句库--

"I asked Richard if his neighbor was an investor. Richard said ""no."" When I asked why he listened to him, Richard got defensive and simply said he wanted to keep looking."

我问理查德,他的邻居是不是一位投资家,理查德回答说"不是"。当我问他为什么会听从邻居的话时,理查德没有正面回答,只是说他想再观望一阵。

属类：社会文化-热点文章-富爸爸穷爸爸

An underground defensive position with a fortified projection above ground level for gun emplacements.

掩蔽壕,地堡一个地下防御工事,有一个高干地面的,用来放枪的防御射击处

属类：综合句库--

Once Mike's taken up a defensive attitude, it's difficult to persuade him that's nothing to be afraid of

一旦迈克采取了防卫态度,就很难使他相信没有什么可怕的。

属类：综合句库--

Talk about boy-friends always puts her on the defensive .

一谈到男朋友,她总是戒心十足.

属类：综合句库-典型例句-

So croesus made a defensive alliance both with the Lacedemonians and Egyptians

因此,克雷兹既同拉克代蒙人又同埃及人结成了防守同盟。

属类：综合句库--

English, Caro-Kann defensive system

英吉利,卡罗-卡因防御式体系

属类：体育娱乐-体育-国际象棋

When asked to explain her behaviour,she gave a very defensive answer.

有人问她为什么要这样做,她则极力为自己辩解.

属类：综合句库-典型例句-

motor defensive conditioned reaction

运动(性)防御条件反应

属类：综合句库-英汉综合-

Similar defensive secretions in animals may be widely distributed or concentrated in certain tissues, often with some sort of delivery system (e.g., spines, fangs). Animals such as spiders and snakes use venoms to catch prey and often for defense. Many normally edible fishes and shellfishes become poisonous after feeding on toxic plants or algae. See also antidote; food poisoning.

在动物中也有许多类似的防御性分泌物,或广泛分布全身,或集中于某些组织,此时常有某种传输体系(如刺或毒牙)。蜘蛛和蛇一类的动物用毒液来捕食,也常用毒液来进行防御。许多通常的食用鱼和贝类吃了有毒植物或海藻后本身变成有毒。

属类：化学及生命科学-化学-

America seemed on the defensive , our impotence symbolized by the Iranian hostages

在人们看来,美国似乎处于守势,伊朗人质问题成了我们软弱无能的象征。

属类：综合句库--

barricade (defensive ~; offensive ~; observation ~; rest ~)

障碍工事(防御性~;攻击性~; 观察性~; 休息 用~)

属类：科技术语--