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 defensively
 (ad.)防禦地;守勢地

 De·fen·sive·ly, adv. On the defensive.
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 defensively
      adv 1: in an apologetic and self-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"
         [ant: offensively]