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词汇 defenceless
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Definition of defenceless in English:

defenceless

(US defenseless)
adjective dɪˈfɛnsləsdəˈfɛnsləs
  • Without defence or protection; totally vulnerable.

    无防御的;无法自卫的

    attacks on defenceless civilians

    对手无寸铁的平民的袭击。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • So much for the respect of the young and defenseless in our society!
    • They surrounded the defenseless woman, shouting at her, gesticulating violently.
    • I understand why Nancy would say that this is just an attack on this poor, defenseless woman.
    • The transport crews had a tendency to surrender before they were rendered totally defenseless.
    • The elderly and vulnerable can feel defenceless, which prevents people from living their lives to the full.
    • Of course, others thought that you had shot four defenseless guys that were just panhandling.
    • He played right into my vulnerable defenseless beginner trap.
    • There cannot be any justification for people who raise their hand against what is most sacred to us - the life of defenseless children!
    • But when they are in our custody, when they are defenseless, it is a mark of Western civilization that we treat them humanely.
    • Wireless technology is opening a potentially vast number of defenceless networks
    • We see it very, very often, and juries very often feel the same way when you have a defenseless child.
    • Severin charged, swiping the dagger in a wide arc that left him wide open and defenseless.
    • Now thousands of them were left completely defenseless in this horrific tragedy.
    • In the face of such an onslaught, the Germans, military as well as civilians, were, by and large, defenceless.
    • She sounds charming, if a little defenceless now her husband isn't there to protect her.
    • They are completely defenseless and completely dependent, the easiest of targets.
    • There are conflicts where one side is a fully armed and violent oppressor while the other side is defenseless and oppressed.
    • Well, why learn on the job in a dangerous sport where the object is to render somebody defenseless.
    • As will have been seen from the above, the Crown's case was that here there was the deliberate stabbing of an unarmed and defenceless woman.
    • For example, the porcupine is defenseless except for its quills, the deer vulnerable except for its speed.
    Synonyms
    vulnerable, helpless, powerless, impotent, weak, frail
    susceptible, easily hurt/wounded/damaged
    rare impuissant, resistless
    undefended, unprotected, unguarded, unfortified, unshielded, unarmed, without arms, without defences
    vulnerable, assailable, open to attack, wide open, open, exposed, endangered, in danger, in peril, in jeopardy, at risk, insecure
    rare pregnable

Derivatives

  • defencelessly

  • adverb
  • defencelessness

  • noundɪˈfɛnsləsnəsdəˈfɛnsləsnəs
    • She looked so frail and weak and vulnerable, so feeble and immobile, almost like an invalid, something about her defenselessness forced Ryan to comply to speak to his worst enemy, by croaking, ‘Of of course, Meg.’
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Its bearers confirm that message by their own surprising poverty and defenselessness.
      • Mr. Montare looked pleased, but inside, her heart repeatedly crashed painfully against her chest, and all her thoughts had been replaced by a feeling of defenselessness and panic.
      • The loss of innocent life and national terror induced by our defenselessness has taken on a surreal quality that is far beyond my experience.
      • He walked towards her slowly, his arms extended at his sides in a gesture of defenselessness.

Definition of defenseless in US English:

defenseless

(British defenceless)
adjectivedəˈfensləsdəˈfɛnsləs
  • Without defense or protection; totally vulnerable.

    无防御的;无法自卫的

    attacks on defenseless civilians

    对手无寸铁的平民的袭击。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Well, why learn on the job in a dangerous sport where the object is to render somebody defenseless.
    • They are completely defenseless and completely dependent, the easiest of targets.
    • The elderly and vulnerable can feel defenceless, which prevents people from living their lives to the full.
    • The transport crews had a tendency to surrender before they were rendered totally defenseless.
    • Severin charged, swiping the dagger in a wide arc that left him wide open and defenseless.
    • There cannot be any justification for people who raise their hand against what is most sacred to us - the life of defenseless children!
    • As will have been seen from the above, the Crown's case was that here there was the deliberate stabbing of an unarmed and defenceless woman.
    • In the face of such an onslaught, the Germans, military as well as civilians, were, by and large, defenceless.
    • They surrounded the defenseless woman, shouting at her, gesticulating violently.
    • Of course, others thought that you had shot four defenseless guys that were just panhandling.
    • But when they are in our custody, when they are defenseless, it is a mark of Western civilization that we treat them humanely.
    • I understand why Nancy would say that this is just an attack on this poor, defenseless woman.
    • For example, the porcupine is defenseless except for its quills, the deer vulnerable except for its speed.
    • Wireless technology is opening a potentially vast number of defenceless networks
    • So much for the respect of the young and defenseless in our society!
    • We see it very, very often, and juries very often feel the same way when you have a defenseless child.
    • He played right into my vulnerable defenseless beginner trap.
    • Now thousands of them were left completely defenseless in this horrific tragedy.
    • There are conflicts where one side is a fully armed and violent oppressor while the other side is defenseless and oppressed.
    • She sounds charming, if a little defenceless now her husband isn't there to protect her.
    Synonyms
    vulnerable, helpless, powerless, impotent, weak, frail
    undefended, unprotected, unguarded, unfortified, unshielded, unarmed, without arms, without defences
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