defence/ /

1.noun [US] [u] 
(protection) 防御

2.noun [u] [军] 
国防措施

3.noun [c] 
defence (of sth) (justification) (为某事的)辩护

4.noun [c] 
(in court) 辩护

5.noun
the defence (in court) 被告方

6.noun [s/pl] 
(in sport) 守方

7.cpd [+spending] [ cuts] [ minister] 
国防开支

8.n pl [军] 
军事能力

9.n pl [of body] 
抵抗力

to come to sb's defence
上前为某人辩护
in defence of sth/sb
为某事/某人辩护
to use a knife in defence
用匕首防身
a defence against sth
对某物的抵抗力
the Ministry of Defence, > the Department of Defense
 [US] 国防部
witness for the defence
被告方证人