If that happens, the grasshopper has a backup defense.

如果发生这种情况，蚱蜢就有了后备防御。

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If only he were a bit better laterally on defense, the UA product would be a prototypical NBA small forward.

如果他能在防守上做得更好一点，那么这个 UA 的产物将会是一个典型的 NBA 小前锋。

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Snap decisions can be important defense mechanisms; if we are judging whether someone is dangerous, our brains and bodies are hard-wired to react very quickly, within milliseconds.

快速决策可以是重要的防御机制；在判断某人是否是个危险人物时，我们的大脑和身体会自发地在几毫秒内做出快速反应。

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But his defense lawyer asked the jury to decide if citizens have the right to criticize public officials.

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So, we can think about what would happen if we're on his thesis defense, we're on his thesis committee, we would need to think of some pretty mean, hard, nasty questions that's what happens when you defend your thesis.

所以，我们可以设想一下,如果我们在他的论文答辩会上,担任论文委员会的成员，那么会发生些什么，我们会想一些非常严厉的,冷酷无情的，险恶的问题,那也是你们在论文答辩时,会遇到的情况。

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This is this kind of cynical, if you want, defense of slavery.

对于奴隶制,如果你想这么理解的话,这便是一种愤世嫉俗的辩护

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But what if defense cycles are an illusion an artifact of unusually persistent threats during the Cold War that are now gone?

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If defense contractors were to issue WARN notifications, they would need to be issued just days before the election as the sequestration cuts would occur on January 1st (and the law requires at least 60 days notice).

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If Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba judges the area safe after team members report back, he will likely order the main body of around 600 ground troops to set off beginning in late January, according to a Reuters report.

CNN: Japan ground troops set to leave