on the defensive

A Security Council meeting was likely to generate rhetoric that put us on the defensive.

安理会如果开会,很可能会引出使我们处于守势的讲话.

Animal agriculture was on the defensive.

畜牧业处于逆境.

He was on the defensive all the time I was speaking to him.

我说他时,他总是辩解.

The enemy troops are put on the defensive.

敌军被迫采取守势.

That put Chiam See Tong and Low Thia Khiang on the defensive.

迫使詹时中和刘程强不得不掉转马头,保卫各自的据点.

Talk about boy-friends always puts her on the defensive.

一谈到男朋友,她总是戒心十足.

Accusations are likely to put the other person on the defensive.

谴责很可能会引发对方自我防卫的反应。

He smiled, not wanting to put the man on the defensive.

他笑了笑，不想让那个人产生抵触情绪。

They put entirely on the defensive.

他们被迫完全处于守势.

Thinks Rafer is underrated on the defensive side of things.

认为街霸在防守端被低估了.

Accusations are likely to put the other person on the defensive

谴责很可能会引发对方自我防卫的反应。

Their questions about the money put her on the defensive.

他们问到钱的问题,使她警觉起来.

He was on the defensive at a wink and puzzled for a word to reply.

他一下子就采取防御的态度,可是想不出用什么话来回答.

But Senator Clinton had her turn on the defensive as well.

在另一方面,克林顿参议员也为自己作出了辩护.

They were on the defensive.

他们采取守势.

Keep your opponent on the defensive by constant harassing.

通过持续骚扰让你的敌人忙于防守.

Standing on the defensive indicates insufficient strength ; attacking , a superabundance of strength.

守则不足, 攻则有余.