transcription, транскрипция: [ dɪfensɪv ]
1.
You use defensive to describe things that are intended to protect someone or something.
The Government hastily organized defensive measures against the raids...
ADJ : usu ADJ n
2.
Someone who is defensive is behaving in a way that shows they feel unsure or threatened.
Like their children, parents are often defensive about their private lives.
ADJ
• de‧fen‧sive‧ly
‘Oh, I know, I know,’ said Kate, defensively.
ADV
• de‧fen‧sive‧ness
He felt a certain defensiveness about his position.
N-UNCOUNT
3.
If someone is on the defensive , they are trying to protect themselves or their interests because they feel unsure or threatened.
Accusations are likely to put the other person on the defensive...
PHRASE : usu v-link PHR , PHR after v
4.
In sports, defensive play is play that is intended to prevent your opponent from scoring goals or points against you.
I’d always played a defensive game, waiting for my opponent to make a mistake.
≠ attacking
ADJ : usu ADJ n
• de‧fen‧sive‧ly
Mexico did not play defensively.
ADV : ADV after v