defend
/dɪˈfɛnd/
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Clear final sound
dɪ - ˈfɛnd -> defend
(v) ကာကွယ်သည်။ စောင့်ကြပ်သည်။ (n) ထုချေ
၁။ ~ sb/sth (from/against sb/sth)
(က) ဘေးအန္တရာယ်မှ ကာကွယ်ပေးသည်။ ခုခံ ကာကွယ်သည်။
When the dog attacked me, I defended myself with a stick. ❍ defend sb from attack/an attacker/injury ❍ defend one's country against enemies.
(ခ) ခုခံကာကွယ် ပြောဆိုရေးသားသည်။
defend one's actions/cause/ideas/leader ❍ defend a lawsuit ❍ You'll need stronger evidence to defend your claim to the inheritance. ❍ He's fighting to defend his seat in Congress. ❍ The newspaper defended her against the accusations.
၂။ (sport ) (က) ခံစစ်ကစားသည်။ ကာကွယ်သည်။ Some players are better at defending ❍ They had three players defending the goal.
(ခ) (မိမိ အောင်သရဖူကို) ကာကွယ်သည်။
the defending champion ❍ She's running to defend her 400 metres title.
❏ defender n ခုခံကာကွယ်သူ။ an outspoken defender of human rights ❍ He had to beat several defenders to score.
- Thousands of young men came forward, willing to defend their country.
- [defend someone/something from/against something] : Steps are being taken to defend the city against attack.
- [defend yourself] : You have a right to defend yourself if you are being attacked.
- Hundreds of miners are fighting to defend their jobs.
- We will defend their right to free speech.
- Mr Rose defended the committee’s decision to publish the report early.
- [strongly/strenuously/vigorously defend] : He vigorously defended his party’s record on human rights.
- [defend yourself against something] : They must be given the opportunity to defend themselves against these allegations.
- The opposition defended brilliantly in the second half.
- She will be defending her Wimbledon title later this month.
- [successfully defend] : Can Baxter successfully defend his heavyweight championship?
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