If it is compromised,then the bees could not defend themselves against pesticide products, fungal infections, bacteria or poor nutrition.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

Everybody who could ran up to the acropolis to defend themselves.

届时每个人都可以去卫城来进行防御

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

In the case of Nimes, N-I-M-E-S, which was largely a Protestant town, they knocked down the wall so the Protestants of Nimes could not defend themselves against this all-conquering Catholic monarch.

以尼姆为例,那儿曾经是一座新教徒的城市,但统治者们拆毁了围墙,所以新教徒们再也无法对抗,所向无敌的天主教统治者了

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

"The African Union charter says first that the people have the right to defend themselves against the oppression of a dictator,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

Unlike other medevac aircraft, Air Force helicopters are equipped to defend themselves.

VOA: standard.2010.04.27

(...) Yigal Palmor. "This diktat is phrased in very extreme terms that try to impose rules that will make it impossible for any country to defend themselves against terror,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.16