의미: defensivede·fen·sive a. 1 방어적인, 방어[자위]의; 수비의; 변호의(opp. offensive) 2 <말씨·태도가> 수세인 3 [P] 화를 잘 내는 take defensive measures 방어책을 강구하다 ━ n. [the defensive] 방어, 수세; 변호 be[stand, act] on the defensive=assume the defensive 수세를 취하다, 수비 태세를 갖추다 play the defensive in a game (시합에서) 수비를 하다 defensive·ly ad. defensive·ness n. ▷ defénd v.; defénse n.
on the defensive Prepared for withstanding aggression or attack, as in The debate team's plan was to keep their opponents on the defensive, or This teacher put students on the defensive about their mistakes. [c. 1600]
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유사한 단어 사전, 다른 단어, 동의어, 숙어 관용구 defensive