defenseless 详细解释

defenseless

[di'fenslis]

adj. 无防备的

a.

【主美】无防御的; 无保护的; 不能自卫的

A city without guns or water is defenseless before an army.

无枪炮或缺水的城市在大军围攻时是无法自卫的。

词形变化

形容词: defenseless | 副词: defenselessly | 名词: defense-lessness | 动词过去式: defensed | 动词过去分词: defensed | 动词现在分词: defensing | 动词第三人称单数: defenses |

词义辨析

同义:

a.无防备的

helpless  unprotected

a.无防御的

unprotected  unguarded  unsheltered  unfortified  powerless  unarmed  weak  impotent

a.不设防的

uncovered  exposed  wide open  vulnerable  helpless  open to attack  

同义参见:

dependent  prostrate  forlorn  

英英释义

形容词 defenseless:

lacking protection or support

同义词:defenceless

having no protecting or concealing cover- Shakespeare

同义词:naked

lacking weapons for self-defense

同义词:defenceless

副词 defenseless:

without defense

同义词:defenceless, defenselessly, defencelessly

补充

defenselessdefenseless[diˈfenslis]adj.1.无防备的

例句

1. "Without weapons of any kind, the people of the town were completely defenseless."没有任何武器,这个镇的居民根本无法自卫。 2. "Don't hurt them. They're just poor, defenseless [=helpless] animals."不要伤害它们。它们只是些可怜无助的动物。 3. The disease leaves the body defenseless against infection.这种病使人体无法抵御传染病侵袭。