He's on the defensive about a sliding stock market.

他对股市下跌进行了辩护。

But first, one of India's biggest conglomerates is on the defensive.

但首先，印度最大的企业集团之一处于守势。

She says the airline has been on the defensive since the disaster.

她认为自从事件发生以来，该航空公司一直在为自己辩护。

And then there's Georgia, where, again, Democrats are on the defensive.

然后是佐治亚州， 民主党再次处于守势。

After being on the defensive for a long time, allied forces moved forward to take the offensive on all battle fronts.

防御了很长时间后，同盟国在所有前线发起了进攻。

For many years before the war the friends of protection had been on the defensive.

战前许多年，保护之友一直处于守势。

If they come to us, which I know they will, we'll be on the defensive, we'll never recover.

如果他们找上门 我肯定他们会的，我们就被动了 毫无胜算。

" No - not sneaking - " Now Lily was on the defensive. " Severus saw the envelope, and he couldn't believe a Muggle could have contacted Hogwarts, that's all! "

不！没有鬼鬼祟祟--" 莉莉分辩道，" 西弗勒斯看见了信封，他不信麻瓜可以写信到霍格沃茨，就这样！

The conglomerate reported record profits in the fiscal year to March, stealing the limelight from a rival tycoon, Gautam Adani, whose businesses are on the defensive after an attack in January by a short-seller.

这家企业集团在截至 3 月份的财政年度报告了创纪录的利润，抢走了竞争对手大亨高塔姆阿达尼 (Gautam Adani) 的风头，后者的业务在 1 月份遭到卖空者袭击后处于守势。

But Ms. Warren was on the defensive for much of the evening and most of all on the issue of single-payer health care, when she again declined to specify precisely how she would fund a sweeping system of government-backed insurance.

当晚大部分时间沃伦都在为自己辩护，而她辩护最多的就是她的全民医保方案，但她再次拒绝了具体说明她将如何为得到了政府支持的这一保险系统提供资金。