[dɪ'fensəbl][dɪ'fensəbl]
  • adj. 可防卫的;可拥护的;可辩护的
    • adjective(形容词)
      1. 有防卫能力的;合乎情理的,有正当理由的

    双解例句

    adjective(形容词)
    1. 有防卫能力的;合乎情理的,有正当理由的

      A city built on an island is easily defensible.

      建在岛上的城市容易防守。

      High petrol taxes are defensible on ecological grounds.

      从保护生态环境的角度来讲,征收高额汽油税是有道理的。

    小知识

    Something that's defensible is excusable — you can defend it or justify it. Mistaking your friend for her twin sister, as awkward as it may be, is a defensible blunder.

    In politics, there are often issues to which some people object strongly, while others argue that they're completely defensible positions. You may believe it's defensible to wage war in some circumstances, while your pacifist friend thinks it's never okay to kill for any reason. Defensible comes from an Old French root, defendre, “defend or resist,” from the Latin root defendere, “guard or protect.”

    实用短语

    1. defensible space

      防卫空间,可防卫空间,防御空间,可防卫的空间

    2. defensible technology

      防御性技术

    3. defensible niche

      拥有巩固地位的市场,独霸的市场

    4. berlin was no longer defensible

      柏林没有较长守得住,柏林是再站不住脚,柏林不再是站得住脚

    5. defensible fencible

      可防卫的

    6. defensible vindicable

      可辩护的

    7. defensible a

      能防御的

    8. defensible act

      防御行动

    同义词

    adj.可防御的

    supportable  /  tenable  /  sustainable

    adj.安全的

    secure  /  bombproof  /  safe

    同根词

    词根:defend

    adj.

    defendant辩护的;为自己辩护的

    defensive自卫的;防御用的

    defending卫冕的;防御中的;防守型的

    defendable可防御的

    adv.

    defensively防御地;守势地

    n.

    defense防卫,防护;防御措施;防守;vt. 谋划抵御

    defendant被告

    defensive防御;守势

    defender防卫者,守卫者;辩护者;拥护者;卫冕者

    defensiveness防御;防御性

    defenselessness无防御

    defensibility防卫的可能性;可防御性

    v.

    defending防护;防卫(defend的ing形式)

    vi.

    defend保卫;防守

    vt.

    defend辩护;防护