| 词汇 | defencelessness |
| 释义 | defencelessness noun[ U ] UK(USdefenselessness)uk /dɪˈfens.ləs.nəs/ us /dɪˈfens.ləs.nəs/ the quality of being weak and unable to protect yourself from attack: 无助;不能自保 We naturally associate babies with defencelessness.我们很自然地会将婴儿与无助联系在一起。 She was aware of her defencelessness in the face of these dangers.面对这些危险，她意识到自己无能为力。 See defenceless She uses her assumed defencelessness to her advantage. He demonstrated that defencelessness could be more powerful than anger and rage. He was conscious of his own defencelessness. 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 Examples of defencelessnessdefencelessness There is nothing in recent events that encourages me to believe that defencelessness is an agreeable situation in which to find oneself. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is also deep anxiety about what is widely identified as the defencelessness of this country in an increasingly dangerous world. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I suppose that the basis for it is the defencelessness of the child. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I want to describe them: they are scandalous, they cause social alarm among our citizens, who are undoubtedly perceiving a degree of defencelessness. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English They hit back out of a sense of weakness and defencelessness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The language used about its smallness and defencelessness clearly reflects that view. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is not the defencelessness of this country and the reason for it a matter for discussion at this time when we come to the end of this sorry story? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is most appropriate that you should have in view the defencelessness of the home circle, the appalling conditions of people unable to find a livelihood. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, our first line aeroplanes, with those immensely skilled and highly equipped personnel behind them, cannot be said to have placed us in a position of defencelessness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 By what process then will you demonstrate to me, that by adding the force of those provinces to our own, there will not be the same defencelessness at present? From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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