The boss has a nasty habit of baiting defenceless subordinates.

This was a savage attack on a defenceless young girl.

对于一个毫无防御能力的女孩子来说,这是一次残忍的侵犯.

He found himself defending a colony that Britain had left defenceless.

他发现自己在防守一个英国并没有设防的殖民地.

Troops indiscriminately massacred the defenceless population.

军队肆无忌惮地屠杀手无寸铁的民众。

HIV makes you defenceless against infection and illness.

爱滋病病毒使你对有些感染和疾病失去抵抗力.

The Great Wall was strong defences.

长城曾经是坚固的防御工事.

They are too evenly matched, and their natural defences are too formidable.

它们都势均力敌, 天堑一般的防御条件不可逾越.

Squads of prison officers have been probing the rioters' defences.

几队狱警一直都在探察暴乱者的防卫情况。

German figures could be seen working rather leisurely with pick and shovel at their defences.

可以看到德国人在丛林之间悠闲地用大镐和铁铣构筑防御工事.

In a single day all the outer line of the Dutch defences was mastered.

在一天之内荷兰防御工事的整个外线全部被占领.

When the war ended all defences stopped, too.

战争结束时防御工事也停止了.

They smashed the enemy's defences.

他们摧毁了敌人的防卫工事.

Its defences are designed around a direct large-scale assault.

它的防卫措施是根据大型直接的攻击而设计.

People have been mobilised to build defences and drain flooded land as heavy rains continue to fall.

大雨还在继续下，人们已经被动员起来修筑防洪工事，为遭淹田地排水。

It's not high mountains and deep valleys that best serve to defend a country.

固国不以山溪之险.

As he had a weak case and could not defend himself , he had to resort to sophistry.

他理屈词穷,只好求助于诡辩.

The Turkish president has gone on television to defend stringent new security measures.

土耳其总统上电视为严格的新安全措施进行辩护。

To argue otherwise is trying to defend the indefensible.

持相反的论点就是试图为站不住脚的事情强辩。

The cat fought fiercely to defend its young.

那只猫拼命反抗,以保护小猫.

This is my native land and I'll defend it with my life!

这是我的祖国,我将用生命保卫她.

The accused has the right to defend himself.

被告有权申辩.