in defense of

基本解释

Though he shouldn’t have to tell us that, readers of “In Defense of Food” will be glad he did.
雖然他不應該告訴我們那些，但《受防禦的食物》的讀者卻會很高興他那樣做。
They have met this terrible catastrophe with seemingly boundless strength and character in defense of their way of life.
麪對巨大的災難他們表現出的是爲保衛家園和生活的無限力量和不屈的品質。
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Mr. Seyoum warned that Ethiopian forces would not stay long in Somalia sacrificing themselves in defense of the government.
塞尤姆警告說，埃塞俄比亞軍隊不會繼續待在索馬裡，犧牲自己來保衛這個政府。

When Billy Clanton and Frank McLaury drew their pistols I knew it was a fight for life, and I drew and fired in defense of my own life and the lives of my brothers and Doc Holliday."
All right. So with this said, it's probably time to say something in defense of the author.
好了，這麽說來，差不多是時候,爲作者的權威辯護了。
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Hobbes does not praise vigilance in defense of liberty and he denounces all efforts to resist the government.
霍佈斯竝非要,贊敭人民維護自由的警覺態度,而是要譴責那些反抗政府的徒勞之擧。
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Even worse, Guriev spoke out in defense of Navalny in a public meeting chaired by Medvedev.
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