The necessity for common defense, if not equally great, was certainly always pressing.

共同防御的必要性，即使不是同样重要，也肯定总是紧迫的。

There were contests over the apportionment of taxes and the quotas of troops for common defense.

税收的分配和共同防御的部队定额发生了争论。

In doing so, the plant has basically weaponized more common defense tools for a nutritional bug-boost.

在这样做的过程中，该工厂基本上将更常见的防御工具武器化，以增强营养。

According to it, the union was older than the states; it was created before the Declaration of Independence for the purpose of common defense.

根据它， 联盟比各州更古老；它是在《独立宣言》之前为共同防御而创建的。