defensively

英 [dɪ'fensɪvli] 美 [dɪ'fensɪvli]

• adv. 防御地；守势地

英英释义

Adverb:

1. in an apologetic and defensive manner;

   "`I felt it better you should know,' said Sir Cedric defensively"
   

2. in a defensive manner;

   "the general conviction that our side is in the right and acting defensively over what Russians call the German question and Americans the Berlin crisis"
   

近反义词

【近义词】

• sensitively 易感知地
• warily 留心地
• cautiously 慎重地
• apologetically 辩解地

【反义词】

• offensively 不愉快地