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.
虽然他不应该告诉我们那些，但《受防御的食物》的读者却会很高兴他那样做。
They have met this terrible catastrophe with seemingly boundless strength and character in defense of their way of life.
面对巨大的灾难他们表现出的是为保卫家园和生活的无限力量和不屈的品质。
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Mr. Seyoum warned that Ethiopian forces would not stay long in Somalia sacrificing themselves in defense of the government.
塞尤姆警告说，埃塞俄比亚军队不会继续待在索马里，牺牲自己来保卫这个政府。

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，这么说来，差不多是时候,为作者的权威辩护了。
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Hobbes does not praise vigilance in defense of liberty and he denounces all efforts to resist the government.
霍布斯并非要,赞扬人民维护自由的警觉态度,而是要谴责那些反抗政府的徒劳之举。
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Even worse, Guriev spoke out in defense of Navalny in a public meeting chaired by Medvedev.
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