| 词汇 | example_english_defenceless |
| 释义 | Examples of defencelessThese 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. 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 We must not give the impression (and some people do) that we are defenceless. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But that does not mean that our carriers there would not carry fighters or strike aircraft; in fact, they would be defenceless without them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a sort of moneylender's squeeze with a vengeance or, rather, a pound of flesh from the most defenceless people of our land. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why should women, children and defenceless civilians always be the victims of military action? From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Almost every day brings further news of these ghastly and fiendish attacks upon defenceless and innocent people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I would rather say that defenceless nations who disarmed prematurely and neglected defence died and came to a terrible end. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Alas, there is a small minority willing and ready for the sake of profit to ignore these principles and to permit defenceless creatures to suffer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The badger is a bit defenceless nowadays, especially with the sonic underground listening kits which some so-called sportsmen use. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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