defenceless

adj.

1. 软弱的；不能自卫的；无防御的
   weak; not able to protect yourself; having no protection
   1. defenceless children
      没有自卫能力的儿童
   2. The village is defenceless against attack.
      这个村庄毫无防御能力。

in AM, use 美国英语用 defenseless


1. ADJ-GRADED 无防御的;无保护的;不能自卫的;无助的
   If someone or something is defenceless, they are weak and unable to defend themselves properly.
   1. ...a savage attack on a defenceless young girl.
      对一名没有自卫能力的年轻女子的野蛮攻击
   2. ...the kind of leader who would leave the country isolated and defenceless.
      将会使国家陷入孤立无助境地的那种领导

1. Troops indiscriminately massacred the defenceless population.
   军队肆无忌惮地屠杀手无寸铁的民众。
2. This was a savage attack on a defenceless young girl.
   这是对一个毫无自卫能力的年轻女孩的野蛮袭击。
3. This was a sickening attack on a pregnant and defenceless woman
   这一起对毫无防御能力的孕妇的袭击，令人无比震惊。
4. The absence of presumptuous self-conceit in Tito made him feel all the more defenceless under prospective obloquy.
   蒂托由于缺乏自以为是的傲气，因此在声名扫地的前景之下更加显得束手无策。
5. The cavalry charged down on the defenceless villagers.
   骑兵向手无寸铁的村民们冲了过去。
6. It cannot be that I shall yield one inch, yet I am in terror as to what an accident might lead to, and I so defenceless on account of my first error.
   我是绝不会屈服的，但是我害怕出现什么特殊的事让我屈服了，因为我第一次犯错就是我没有防护的能力。
7. He said that when he had seen her standing there defenceless and putting herself between armed men and those that she was trying to protect, he had been smitten.
   他说当他看到她站在那里，弱不禁风的样子却夹在全副武装的警察和那些她想保护的人们的中间时，他就对她一见钟情了。
8. Florence was very pretty, and it is pleasant to admire a pretty face. Florence was defenceless and weak, and it was a proud thought that he had been able to render her any protection and assistance.
   弗洛伦斯是很漂亮的，爱慕漂亮的脸孔是件愉快的事情；弗洛伦斯是软弱无力，没有人保卫她的，想到他向她提供了保护与帮助是值得自豪的。
9. The village is defenceless against attack.
   这个村庄毫无防御能力。
10. When they went they Left behind a leaderless and defenceless people, and these were no match for the fierce northern tribes that now poured into the island.
    当他们离开的时候，留下的是一个群龙无首，无抵抗力的民族，根本就不是当时当时大量涌入岛中的强悍的北方民族的对手。
11. Look at you, lying there, defenceless and alone.
    瞧你这副德性，躺在这里，无力又孤独。
12. Germany in particular used her air power to commit such experimental horrors as the bombing of the defenceless little township of guernica.
    尤其是德国，它用空军轰炸不设防的小城镇格尔尼卡，进行试验性的恐怖空袭。
13. Deficient in emotional warmth; cold. It is an emotion which is defenceless against passion.
    无人情味的，冷酷的缺乏感情上的热忱的；冷淡的在冲动的热情前面，这种感情是毫无防卫能力的。
14. They were quite defenceless against the enemy bombs.
    对敌人的轰炸他们毫无还手之力。
15. They came and went so unexpectedly, and with such speed, that the inhabitants were almost completely defenceless.
    他们来去神秘，其速度之快令当地居民几乎完全防不胜防。
16. It is an emotion which is defenceless against passion.
    在冲动的热情前面，这种感情是毫无防卫能力的。
17. This attack on a defenceless elderly person is an act of pure cowardice.
    攻击手无寸铁的老人完全是一种怯懦行为。
18. It is an emotion which is defenceless against passion. Research on How to Prevent Companies Circumventing Law Act of Flexible-term Labor Contract
    在冲动的热情前面，这种感情是毫无防卫能力的。防范企业规避无固定期限劳动合同问题研究
19. The ants devour the defenceless larvae.
    蚂蚁吞食不能自卫的幼虫。
20. As soon as I remembered I was not defenceless, courage glowed again in my heart; From where in this southern darkness had I caught a sense of freedom?
    一旦意识到自己并非手无寸铁，我顿时感到勇气倍增。南方是这样的蒙昧无知，我又是从什么地方体会到自由的意识的呢？
21. "Scientists have found that viruses may sometimes remain inactive for years, but can quickly infect any defenceless cell." the state of being not yet evident or active.
    科学家发现病毒有时可处于不活跃状态达数年时间，但是能突然感染任何无防御的细胞。
22. I was much touched by this act of kindness on the part of that wily old man towards two utterly defenceless strangers.
    这位足智多谋的老人对我们两个无依无靠的外乡人的关切使我为之感动。
23. It was an evil crime against a defenceless old man.
    这是对一位孤弱无助的老人犯下的邪恶罪行。

adj

1. lacking weapons for self-defense

   Synonym:    defenseless

2. lacking protection or support
   1. a defenseless child

   Synonym:    defenseless

adv

1. without defense
   1. the child was standing in the middle of the crossfire, defenselessly

   Synonym:    defenselessdefenselesslydefencelessly