defensiveness
防御性
You use defensive to describe things that are intended to protect someone or something.
The Government hastily organized defensive measures against the raids...
政府急忙布置了防卫措施抵御空袭。
The union leaders were pushed into a more defensive position by the return of a Republican Congress in November.
由于 11 月份共和党重新控制了国会,工会领导人被推到更加被动防守的位置。
Someone who is defensive is behaving in a way that shows they feel unsure or threatened.
Like their children, parents are often defensive about their private lives.
就像子女一样,父母也常常很注重保护他们的私生活。
She heard the blustering, defensive note in his voice and knew that he was ashamed.
她听出他话音里的气势汹汹和自我卫护,知道他感到了羞愧。
If someone is on the defensive, they are trying to protect themselves or their interests because they feel unsure or threatened.
Accusations are likely to put the other person on the defensive...
谴责很可能会引发对方自我防卫的反应。
He smiled, not wanting to put the man on the defensive.
他笑了笑,不想让那个人产生抵触情绪。
In sports, defensive play is play that is intended to prevent your opponent from scoring goals or points against you.
I'd always played a defensive game, waiting for my opponent to make a mistake.
我总是采取防守型的打法,等待对手出错。
1. excessive sensitivity to criticism;
He felt a certain defensiveness about his position.
他对自己的位置心存戒备。
The fear of being sued for malpractice has magnified physicians'defensiveness.
担心因医疗事故而被起诉的恐惧加剧了医生们的防卫心理.
His defensiveness was manifested in hurt silence.
他的防卫心理在痛苦的沉默中表现出来.
Bragging in a relationship often is really defensiveness.
到处展示的关系常常实际是为了掩饰.
In his defensiveness he negatively judged her recurring need for reassurance. As a result they argued.
出于自我防卫,他负面地批判苏珊需要他再次保证的需求,结果当然引起了一场争执.