“on the defensive”造句，怎麼用on the defensive造句

The administration has been on the defensive about the war.

It put the enthusiasts for progressive methods on the defensive.

The principles of the offensive are applied when the enemy is on the defensive.

Is mainly reflected in the defense invalid block the ball on the defensive effect of differences.

America seemed on the defensive, our impotence symbolized by the Iranian hostages.

This puts Russia on the defensive in Central Asia, long its privileged sphere of influence.

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

This may occur even when the enemy is on the defensive and we are on the offensive.

These days in courts around the world, the tobacco giants find themselves on the defensive far more than playing offense.

This leaves him with no time to plan his argument, and you've succeeded in putting him on the defensive.

When the enemy launches a converging attack, he is on the offensive and operating on exterior lines, while we are on the defensive and operating on interior lines.

With the Odom, Bynum, and Gasol front court on the defensive end, release one of them on the break as soon as the opposition shoots the ball.

Many of Ford's senior campaign aides still believe that this embarrassing event has pushed Ford into a defensive position, and has kept him on the defensive so that he finally lost.

In addition, most point guards are the smallest players on the court, making it easy to create mismatches on the defensive end.

The spokesman for the Communist Party of China replied to the reporter as follows: What Wu Kuo-chen said about being "on the defensive" is a complete lie.

Obama seeks to recapture some momentum of his own after weeks of being on the defensive over his relationship with his former pastor, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright.

Be on the defensive against Hunan with its comparatively strong ruling power, and take the offensive against Kiangsi with its comparatively weak ruling power.

Indeed, officials in South Africa are already on the defensive as fears grow that famous footballers could be targeted at this summer's World Cup.

In this way, while the enemy is on exterior lines and on the offensive in strategic operations, he will be forced to fight on interior lines and on the defensive in campaigns and battles.

We have always advocated the policy of "luring the enemy in deep", precisely because it is the most effective military policy for a weak army strategically on the defensive to employ against a strong army.

This immediately put her on the defensive, and with one of those sudden impulses of reprisal to which she was liable she gave him a little push from her.

Moderates are on the defensive.

He's on the defensive about his mistakes.

Their questions about the money put her on the defensive.

Thus she began the final month of the campaign on the defensive. This was unexpected.

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

As a championship caliber team, we can't have any lapse on the defensive end.

Photographs like this one have put Japan on the defensive, but it might be gaining the upper hand once more.

After being on the defensive recently, soybean and soybean meal futures are close to making new contract highs.

From a global perspective, to this day, in terms of revolution, the West is still on the offensive, while Asia is on the defensive.

"It shows that I can really put a lot of energy on the defensive side of the ball and be all over the place out there."

For decades afterwards, memory of this victorious moment was enough to fill secular nationalists with confidence, and put pious forces on the defensive.

During the five-day period we are going to prepare our tactics and strategies and we will decide whether we are going to be more on the attack or more on the defensive.

Now truly she was furious. She had been on the defensive before but now she attacked, Tried to get off her father's lap and fly at me while tears of defeat blinded her eye.

The Cavs also have the best defensive team, with James taking charge on the defensive end.

That has the Obama administration and the Fed on the defensive.

Many bourgeois military experts advise caution in the initial battle, whether one is on the strategic defensive or on the strategic offensive, but more especially when on the defensive.

Obama, on the other hand, was "stumbling, rambling, dull-edged" and spent most of the debate on the defensive, said an article in the Atlantic.

Not only is policymaking absent and reformism on the defensive but the global slump is hitting Japanese industry particularly hard, and foreign workers foremost.

The Lakers finished last season as one of the worst teams in the NBA in points allowed, conceding over 100 points per game to opponents and failing to show any level of fluidity on the defensive end.

Thinks Rafer is underrated on the defensive side of things.

These enemy troops are now mainly on the defensive and only a small part is available for mobile operations.

If you are not afraid of disturbances and are mentally prepared for them, you will not be put on the defensive.

Associating beauty with women has put beauty even further on the defensive, morally.

But the Shabab is on the defensive.

It puts the birds on the defensive and while they are defending their territory, they are not sat on their eggs.