defensiveness
防禦性
You use defensive to describe things that are intended to protect someone or something.
The Government hastily organized defensive measures against the raids...
政府急忙佈置了防衛措施抵禦空襲。
The union leaders were pushed into a more defensive position by the return of a Republican Congress in November.
由於 11 月份共和黨重新控制了國會,工會領導人被推到更加被動防守的位置。
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.
就像子女一樣,父母也常常很注重保護他們的私生活。
She heard the blustering, defensive note in his voice and knew that he was ashamed.
她聽出他話音裡的氣勢洶洶和自我衛護,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...
譴責很可能會引發對方自我防衛的反應。
He smiled, not wanting to put the man on the defensive.
他笑了笑,不想讓那個人產生牴觸情緒。
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.
我總是採取防守型的打法,等待對手出錯。
1. excessive sensitivity to criticism;
He felt a certain defensiveness about his position.
他對自己的位置心存戒備。
The fear of being sued for malpractice has magnified physicians'defensiveness.
擔心因醫療事故而被起訴的恐懼加劇了醫生們的防衛心理.
His defensiveness was manifested in hurt silence.
他的防衛心理在痛苦的沉默中表現出來.
Bragging in a relationship often is really defensiveness.
到處展示的關係常常實際是為了掩飾.
In his defensiveness he negatively judged her recurring need for reassurance. As a result they argued.
出於自我防衛,他負面地批判蘇珊需要他再次保證的需求,結果當然引起了一場爭執.