一、詳細釋義：

v.

保護某人、某物免受傷害；保衛(wèi)某人、某事物 [T]

例句：

Our duty is to defend the country against its enemies

我們的職責是保衛(wèi)國家不受敵人侵犯。

例句：

A family must defend its home against attack.

一個家庭必須保護其不受襲擊。

為支持某人、某事而行動、說話或寫文章 [T]

例句：

Matt defended all of Clarence's decisions, right or wrong.

克拉倫斯的決定，不管對錯，馬特都予以維護。

例句：

The author defends herself against charges of racism by noting that blacks are only one of her targets.

面對種族主義指控，作者替自己辯護說黑人只是她的抨擊目標之一。

防守（球門等）；防衛(wèi) [I,T]

例句：

We shall defend our city, whatever the cost may be.

不管代價如何,我們要捍衛(wèi)我們的城市。

例句：

The villagers were on fire with zeal to defend their native land.

村民們熱血沸騰，決心保衛(wèi)故鄉(xiāng)的河山。

（指運動冠軍）參加衛(wèi)冕的比賽 [T]

例句：

Torrence expects to defend her title successfully in the next Olympics.

托倫斯希望在下屆奧運會上能夠衛(wèi)冕成功。

例句：

India had to struggle to beat defending champions South Korea 2-0.

印度隊苦戰(zhàn)之下才以 2 比 0 擊敗衛(wèi)冕冠軍韓國隊。

二、詞義辨析：

defend,protect,safeguard,guard,shield,shelter,harbour

這些動詞均有“保護、保衛(wèi)”之意。 defend普通用詞，指用武力或其它措施使人或物不受損害，消除危險。用作比喻時，指堅持某種行動、決定或意見。 protect普通用詞，指用某種手段作為防御工具以防危險或傷害。 safeguard語氣強，指采取積極措施預防可能發(fā)生的一切攻擊或危險。 guard普通用詞，指保持警惕以防可能的攻擊或傷害。 shield語氣比protect強，但側重防止迫在眉睫的攻擊或傷害。 shelter通常指尋找安全地方躲避風雨或使人免遭危害。 harbour貶義詞，指隱匿或非法保護、窩藏。

三、參考例句：

We must defend our country.

我們必須保衛(wèi)我們的國家。

Defend yourself with your right.

要用右手護衛(wèi)自己。

You defend our country overseas.

你們在海外捍衛(wèi)我們的國家。

We need to defend against military aggression.

Soldiers defend our country against the enemy.

戰(zhàn)士保衛(wèi)國家抵御敵人。

We're prepared to defend our country.

我們已準備好保衛(wèi)我們的國家。

Our duty is to defend the country against its enemies.

我們的職責是保衛(wèi)國家不受敵人侵犯。

A patriot recognizes his duty to defend his country.

一位愛國主義者知道他的保衛(wèi)自己的國家的責任。

Psionic beings?defend?against?psionic attacks by making Will saves.

靈能生物防御心靈攻擊時進行意志豁免。

There are ways I can defend myself against such objections.

我能夠用許多辦法為自己辯護，駁回這樣的反對意見。