defensive posture; defensive position
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Meanings
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defensive posture or position (against an attack)
Military and strategic term; typically used with verbs such as 采取 (to adopt) or 处于 (to be in). Contrasts with 攻势 (offensive).
Miàn面
duì对
qiáng强
dí敌
，
wǒ我
jūn军
jué决
dìng定
zàn暂
shí时
cǎi采
qǔ取
shǒu守
shì势
。
Facing a powerful enemy, our army decided to temporarily adopt a defensive posture.
Zhěng整
chǎng场
bǐ比
sài赛
zhōng中
，
kè客
duì队
yī一
zhí直
chǔ处
yú于
shǒu守
shì势
。
Throughout the entire match, the visiting team remained on the defensive.
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Zài在
biàn辩
lùn论
de的
xià下
bàn半
chǎng场
，
tā他
yóu由
gōng攻
zhuǎn转
shǒu守
，
xiàn陷
rù入
le了
wán完
quán全
de的
shǒu守
shì势
。
In the second half of the debate, he switched from offense to defense and fell into a completely defensive position.