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undefended是什么意思

undefended

英 [ʌndɪ'fendɪd] 美 [,ʌndɪ'fɛndɪd]

adj. 无防备的；[法] 无辩护人的；无论据证实的

英文词源

undefended (adj.): 1560s, "not defended, unprotected," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of defend (v.). Attested earlier in a now-obsolete sense of "unforbidden" (late 14c.).

双语例句

1. The coast was undefended and lay open to attack.: 该海岸未设防,易受攻击.

2. The fictitious colonel no longer asserted that the island's north shore was undefended.: 那位虚构的上校不再申述该岛北岸没有设防了.

3. Bombs and poison gas would rain down on undefended cities.: 炸弹毒气弹纷纷投向那些没有防御的城市.

4. Meanwhile, military satellites are completely undefended and vulnerable to attack.: 同时, 军用卫星不但易受攻击,而且对攻击毫无抵御能力.

5. Americans have a special relationship with Canadians with whom they share the world's longest undefended border.: 美国人与加拿大人有一种特殊的关系.美加两国的边界是世界上最长的不设防边界.