| 单词 | defensive attitude |
| 例句 | Perhaps it was the memory of this post-card, lost long ago in some forgotten book, that made me sympathise with his defensive attitude. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z His underestimate of the party's strength after 1994 sent Blair into office with a more cautious and defensive attitude than was necessary. Philip Gould: An Unfinished Life, edited by Dennis Kavanagh - review 2012-09-26T07:30:04Z Even when her hookups signal contempt and indifference, she maintains a defensive attitude of carefree bravado. Movie Review: ‘S#x Acts,’ About a Reckless Student Catering to Teenage Wolves 2013-12-05T23:21:17Z Price, who never misses a WSU game, saw the same defensive attitude in the Cougars about three decades ago. WSU Cougars defense draws comparisons to dominant 1994 unit 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z Mr Morrison, slow to the debate, won few fans among women for his fumbled responses and at times defensive attitude. Budget: Australia tries to win back women with childcare plan 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z All season, the Rams were looking for a tough defensive attitude to complement their league-best offense. With addition of Ndamukong Suh, Rams defense looks like 'Legion of Goon' 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z “That was a relentless defensive attitude,” said Alabama coach Nick Saban, who earned another shot at his record-tying sixth national title. Alabama uses its talented defensive players to beat Clemson 24-6 in semifinals 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z He has experience, passing quality and a good defensive attitude. Alonso could return against Sevilla, says Ancelotti 2013-10-29T17:29:17Z George took more than a month to adjust before assuming an assertive demeanor on offense to complement his defensive attitude. Off the Dribble: Pacers Use More Minutes From Starters to Close Gap on Heat 2013-06-03T14:58:29Z He’s full-speed full-time, bringing a defensive attitude spawned from years on NFL staffs, with a coaching style as intense as the blitzes he calls from the sidelines. Maryland vs. Wake Forest: When Brian Stewart talks (or raps), the Terrapins listen 2012-10-05T18:13:00Z By definition, successful experimentation requires suspending a defensive attitude…. 3 Improvisation Tricks to Steal From Jazz Musicians 2012-08-15T12:35:58Z We have been taunted with our defensive attitude so suddenly converted into an attack, and he compared our position to Wellington's at Torres Vedras. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z Yet it must not be supposed that even Paul and Dave were constantly in an offensive and defensive attitude toward one another. The Auto Boys' Quest 2012-03-12T03:00:25.647Z It now became necessary to decide whether to continue the operation offensively or to take up a defensive attitude and rest content with what had been attained. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z But I soon got tired of this defensive attitude, and reflected that, if I must lie awake all night, I might as well have something to read. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z Browning assumed a defensive attitude, muttering: “Well, if we’re in for a scrap, I’ll try to get a crack at one or two of these homely mugs before I’m polished off.” Frank Merriwell's Alarm Doing His Best 2011-12-30T03:00:28.567Z The horse batteries went back to positions on the west side after replenishing with ammunition, except Gibson’s, which was put in defensive attitude on the east. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z Such a crisis seemed near, when the chief was himself reduced to a defensive attitude, and was indeed besieged in his own lodge. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z Miss Jennings, finding that her defensive attitude was entirely unnecessary, promptly set out with the perversity of her sex—or perhaps quite unconsciously—to stimulate her employer's interest in her. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z Answering questions at an investment conference, the Russian PM adopted a defensive attitude on the country's relative isolation, corruption problem and the slow pace of reform. Putin Vows Balanced Budget 2011-10-06T14:22:22Z She was bitter, and because of a defensive attitude she could not understand her husband's crushed condition. The Higher Court 2011-06-27T02:01:00.213Z Although entrenchments presuppose a defensive attitude locally, they play an important part in offensive operations. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z Another quarrel is now brewing, and Miss J. must, as usual, have lodged the first complaint, since the Duke at once assumes a defensive attitude. The Letters of the Duke of Wellington to Miss J. 1834-1851 Edited by Extracts from the Diary of the Latter 2011-03-10T03:00:53.010Z It had been feasting on the fallen fruit, and, nearly trodden upon, had thrown itself into the defensive attitude. The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover 2011-02-09T03:00:44.167Z He retained his defensive attitude until they were a long distance from the forest-house and all danger of attack was over. Vineta The Phantom City 2011-01-21T03:00:10.377Z It is useless," added Mrs. Brenton, with a faint smile, "to pretend that I can keep up a defensive attitude with Camilla. Capricious Caroline The provision of the strongest possible force at the vital point necessitates a defensive attitude on other parts of the front. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z But some flash of feminine intuition, infallible as ever, was unconsciously keeping her in the defensive attitude natural to women in such cases. "Pip" A Romance of Youth A word thrown out now and then with the fervent assurance one always has under a desirous gaze; also the defensive attitude men force upon you. Woman He saw that the matter was of some importance, and scenting perhaps complications, withdrew into a defensive attitude. Making Money He watched the angry challenge in her eyes, the deliberate stiffening of her entire body as if to a defensive attitude. The Guarded Heights The Han race, devitalized by its vices and luxuries, with machinery and scientific processes to satisfy its every want, with virtually no necessity of labor, began to assume a defensive attitude toward the Americans. Armageddon—2419 A.D. This explains to me a great many things: As The Brain evolves into a personality and as that personality evolves in a defensive attitude against its exploitation, it is absolutely self-centered. The Brain Quick as a cat Coleman leaped forward and picked up the sword, a beautiful rapier, and, assuming a defensive attitude, cried out boldly: "Come one at a time and I will fight you all!" Eleven Possible Cases Gradually he had withdrawn into a quiet defensive attitude, tinged with curiosity. Making Money Mr. Muller had thenceforth ceased to regard me as an emissary from his rivals, dropped his defensive attitude, and spoke as he believed. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) "I don't stand in need of nursin'," said the old man, grumbling, and taking a defensive attitude of mind. The Life of Nancy Instinctively the bacteriologist flung up his hand in a defensive attitude. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 Promptly they were followed and confined to a defensive attitude. Japan He always adopted a defensive attitude when Sunny opened out. The Twins of Suffering Creek Mother Toulouche had seized the first thing she could find, and had taken up a defensive attitude. Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas Wherever possible every effort should be made to supplement the troops assigned to this defensive attitude by the armed population, or even to replace them by such levies altogether. Cavalry in Future Wars One of the notorious principles of war, familiar to all who have read books about war, is that a merely defensive attitude is a losing attitude. The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force The aspect of Tiburcio, who, despite the odds against him, and the blood that was running from his arm, still fearlessly maintained his defensive attitude, caused the heart of Rosarita to beat with sympathetic admiration. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora In effect, the outworking of it meant a strictly defensive attitude in Africa, and in the north a naval siege of Germany. The Message Man's defensive attitude toward the supernatural world appears in many usages connected with ordinary life. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV The defensive attitude of their leader had given them the training of camp life, and had secured the recuperation of their strength. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) She quickly assumed a defensive attitude, crouching fiercely. Children of the Desert Tory Drew moved near the other girl, standing beside her in a defensive attitude, as if disaster must first meet her before it could again touch the friend so dear to her. The Girl Scouts in Beechwood Forest The exiles had not intended to hold any communication with their escort, dreading the treacherous nature of the savages; and when the three Indians approached, Ethan promptly placed himself in a defensive attitude. Hope and Have or, Fanny Grant Among the Indians, A Story for Young People The operations at Neuve Chapelle used up all our available resources, and it became necessary to restore them by reverting for a time to a strictly defensive attitude. 1914 With my back against the door in a defensive attitude I said abruptly, "I'm going to start a newspaper on the reservation." Land of the Burnt Thigh So far, Jonathan, I have been taking a defensive attitude, just replying to the charge that Socialism is an attack upon the family and the home. The Common Sense of Socialism A Series of Letters Addressed to Jonathan Edwards, of Pittsburg A little fellow near him, who expected the blow, raised his arm in a defensive attitude, and whined, "Oh, please, sir, it wasna me." Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk We entertained one another for quite a long time with cross-questions and crooked answers; I affecting eager curiosity, he replying with a defensive attitude of universal ignorance. The Eye of Osiris As the frontier extended for some two hundred miles, to assume a purely defensive attitude would have been impossible. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 It was no great source of rejoicing to know this; and the knowledge produced no change in our defensive attitude. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse She assumed a defensive attitude against the world and mankind, and therefore life went harder with her than with more cheerfully constituted women. Mary Wollstonecraft First thing another cable from K. saying, "I think it well to let you know" that it is "quite understood by the Dardanelles Committee that you are adopting only a purely defensive attitude at present." Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 You see, the fact is, I pitched into her first for this very reason, and thought, if I began the attack, she'd have to take up a strictly defensive attitude. The Lady of the Ice A Novel With Washington there was no choice left but to maintain a strictly defensive attitude. The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn Instead of the listless defensive attitude lately assumed, the guerilleros were now in motion like a nest of roused hornets, scouring over the plain, and yelling like a war-party of Indians. The Rifle Rangers All these conditions are more favourable to a pure defensive attitude, which was that imposed at the outset upon the British, because they were then numerically the weaker party. Story of the War in South Africa 1899-1900 But, if he knows I can't take the offensive, why trouble to cable me that the Dardanelles Committee expect me to adopt "only a purely defensive attitude"? Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 "I beg your pardon for troubling you with all this, Mr Neeld," he said, relapsing rather into his defensive attitude. Tristram of Blent An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House Nations are always outsiders to one another, and the sense of strangeness perennially sustains defensive attitudes and moods of hatred. The Psychology of Nations A Contribution to the Philosophy of History It commonly does not go beyond a defensive attitude, however. An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation It is because of our insecurity and fear that we develop these defensive attitudes of parochialism and churchism. Herein is Love A Study of the Biblical Doctrine of Love in Its Bearing on Personality, Parenthood, Teaching, and All Other Human Relationships. No sooner is the subject broached than the individual mind takes refuge in a defensive attitude. Heart and Soul by Maveric Post His whole army catching the refrain advanced towards the enemy; and Brunswick at once took up a defensive attitude, which he maintained till the close of the battle. The French Revolution A Short History It grows in a medium of defensive attitudes. The Psychology of Nations A Contribution to the Philosophy of History It, the "report," would not take a defensive attitude. Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi Would not an honest war between Christ and anti-Christ be more dignified, more wise and more effective, than a false pretence of neutrality and a defensive attitude toward the attacks of the church? The Red Conspiracy In the South, where anti-slavery sentiment had been strong before, a new defensive attitude began to develop. Introduction to Non-Violence At the same time, the defensive attitude adopted at the beginning of the Somme campaign was repudiated. Georges Guynemer Knight of the Air As to the advantage which the English obtained, in fulfilling their object, that is a necessary consequence of their superiority, and, still more, of their purely defensive attitude. The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence It has a good deep moat, now filled with wild verdure, and a curious gatehouse of a much later period—the period when the defensive attitude had been wellnigh abandoned. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 It will be necessary, however, for the success of the performance that Christian should abandon his strictly defensive attitude in the narrative and lay about him with sufficient energy to produce a general scrimmage. Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 A defensive attitude is nothing at all, its elements of strength entirely disappear, unless it is such that the enemy must break it down by force before he can reach his ultimate objective. Some Principles of Maritime Strategy Our numbers would not justify offensive operations being undertaken, unless they were solely calculated to strengthen a defensive attitude. The Life and Correspondence of Sir Isaac Brock What it does involve in both cases is a defensive attitude; a vigilance on the frontiers. The New Jerusalem When they looked up and saw Joan, both glanced at her deprecatingly, but quite ready to assume a defensive attitude. Apples, Ripe and Rosy, Sir The reasonings adopted by a numerous assemblage of chiefs, convened in the retirement of the mountains of Sierra Leone, when that company assumed a defensive attitude, most clearly prove this grievous necessity. Observations Upon the Windward Coast of Africa A defensive attitude had to be assumed, and such an arrest of offensive action he had previously shown was inherently vicious, if only for moral reasons. Some Principles of Maritime Strategy On September 23 Bray wrote to Aguinaldo advising him to maintain a defensive attitude until the result of the negotiations at Paris should become known, giving way to the Americans and not showing his teeth. The Philippines: Past and Present (Volume 1 of 2) As time went on, it fell to Martineau and other leading Unitarians to take up a defensive attitude against the extreme forces of negation. Unitarianism But he went to his hands and knees in a defensive attitude that showed he was nearly worn out. The Dozen from Lakerim He did not even trouble to place himself in a better defensive attitude against possible attack. The Leopard Woman Together they affirm that a Power too weak to win command by offensive operations may yet succeed in holding the command in dispute by assuming a general defensive attitude. Some Principles of Maritime Strategy At this Marcolina, who in the spirited exchange of their recent conversation had almost abandoned her defensive attitude, displayed a renewed reserve. Casanova's Homecoming For the moment circumstances had enforced on him the wisdom of accepting the defensive attitude, but he knew himself, nevertheless, the virtual master of the situation. The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80 Among these evils a very fundamental one is the defensive attitude toward the criticism of our existing order and the naïve tendency to class critics as enemies of society. The Mind in the Making The Relation of Intelligence to Social Reform After its surrender they fell back and resumed a defensive attitude. Bonnie Prince Charlie : a Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden So crude a distribution would have meant a purely defensive attitude. Some Principles of Maritime Strategy We entertained one another for quite a long time with cross questions and crooked answers; I affecting eager curiosity, he replying with a defensive attitude of universal ignorance. The Vanishing Man Bearing in mind that you may be attacked at any time, keep the soul in a defensive attitude; keep up the shield of faith. How to Live a Holy Life The firm defensive attitude of the people of Lawrence had produced its effect. Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01 Bragg's force was reduced from an offensive to a defensive attitude. A Brief History of the United States He came out and stood beside them in a sort of alert defensive attitude. The Ivory Trail For some years now, Jimmy had had a feeling that the next arrival would come to stay; and he had adopted in consequence a gently defensive attitude toward the other sex. The Intrusion of Jimmy On the approach of the Wasp, she rises and assumes a defensive attitude, just like that of the Lycosa. More Hunting Wasps The protectress appeared—possibly from her defensive attitude—the superior of her companion. A Sappho of Green Springs Conway also threw himself into a defensive attitude, and there we were, glaring at each other motionless, neither of us disposed to risk an attack, but both on the alert to resist one. The Story of a Bad Boy Her brother, motionless in a defensive attitude, protected her retreat. The Rescue A Romance of the Shallows The majority of successful employers have advanced beyond this negative, defensive attitude and take a positive and aggressive position in dealing with the problem. 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