| 词汇 | defenceless |
| 释义 | defenceless adjective UK(USdefenseless)uk /dɪˈfens.ləs/ us /dɪˈfens.ləs/ Defenceless people, animals, places, or things are weak and unable to protect themselves from attack: 没有防卫能力的，不能自卫的 a small defenceless child毫无自卫能力的小孩 a defenceless city没有防卫能力的城市 defenceless againstThey were defenceless against the enemy bombs.面对敌人的轰炸，他们几乎毫无防卫能力。 not physically strong weakShe was too tired and weak to finish the race. feebleMany of the pensioners were so feeble they had to be stretchered onto the ship. punyHe was puny as a child. weedyUKI was just this weedy guy who always had his head in a book. frailA frail, grey-haired lady walked slowly down the street. Weakness and vulnerability Achilles heel asthenia at a low ebbidiom atonic atony fragility frail glass jaw helpless helplessly shakiness shaky sitting duck sitting target soft target weakling weakly weakness weedy wetly Related worddefencelessness Examples of defencelessdefenceless It was also the most defenceless of the neutrals, requiring added political and diplomatic dexterity to contribute to its survival. This was played out on the ground in raw conflict that pitted armed soldiers against defenceless landowners. This was you naked and defenceless in a tiny mean hospital room. However, when the family structure fails to protect the positionality of the women, it leaves them relatively defenceless and immensely vulnerable. The fact that other animals are analogously defenceless with respect to humans does not remove the unfairness of such a devils-to-humans relation. On a practical level, it made sense to want to avoid the horrors of war, not least because the state was virtually defenceless. One describes how he was disgusted by the burning alive of defenceless people in the synagogue. Any suspicion that they were defenceless women is swiftly dispelled by the photographs in the book, several of which had this reviewer laughing out loud. Yet even while these conditions obtained, singers - at any rate good singers - were not defenceless. This, however, would put humans in too defenceless a position. Most of the water-holes contain cat-fish which would be likely to destroy any small fish introduced, especially when, as in this case, they are also conspicuous and defenceless. I feared that we had been left utterly defenceless. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is the most defenceless section of the community for whom we are appealing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This country cannot be left permanently defenceless with the reserves we now possess. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are far from defenceless against the present threat. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of defenceless These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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