Word · Frequency #14878
defenceless
无防御能力的；没有保护的；无助的
核心释义
lacking protection or support; without weapons for self-defense
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无防御的；没有保护的
s lacking protection or support；s lacking weapons for self-defense；r without defense
无防御的；没有保护的；无助的；无防备的
用法In use
Without a helmet, he felt defenceless on the motorcycle.
用法提示：defenceless 是形容词，表示“没有保护的”，在此作表语，描述主语在危险中的状态。
The young deer stood defenceless in the open field.
用法提示：defenceless 作形容词，表示“无防御能力的”，描述小鹿处于易受攻击的状态。
The team was completely defenceless against the opponent's attack.
用法提示：defenceless 是形容词，后接 against 引出威胁，表示“无力抵御的”。
be defenceless against sth
against 后接威胁、攻击等名词。
The village was defenceless against the flood.
这个村庄在洪水面前毫无防御能力。
leave sb/sth defenceless
leave + 宾语 + 形容词，表示使某人或某物处于某种状态。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- defenceless children
- 无助的儿童
- The war left many defenceless children without food or shelter.战争使许多无助的儿童没有食物和住所。
- leave someone defenceless
- 使某人毫无防备
- The sudden attack left the guards defenceless.突如其来的袭击使卫兵们毫无防备。
- defenceless against
- 对…毫无抵抗力
- The small village was defenceless against the flood.这个小村庄对洪水毫无抵抗力。
- defenceless victim
- 无助的受害者
- The charity provides legal help for defenceless victims of fraud.该慈善机构为欺诈案中无助的受害者提供法律帮助。
- feel defenceless
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
defence（防御）＋less（无）：想到一座没有城墙的城，毫无防备，任人攻击。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：新闻报道、法律与人权讨论、文学描写 该词通常用于书面或正式语境，强调缺乏防御能力或保护；在日常一般描述中也可使用，属于普通中性词。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Rhymes with defenceless: senseless and fenceless, which share the stressed /ɛnslɪs/ ending. Beware lookalikes: defence and offence end in /ns/, and careless and helpless have the -less spelling but a final /ləs/, so they do not rhyme.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.