A bastion is a secure position used for defense against attack.

VOA: special.2009.08.17

You can pick out words that are identical. The purpose of the law is to "establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty."

你可以找出完全相同的话，法律的目的是,“树立正义，保障国内的安宁，建立共同的国防,增进全民福利和确保我们自己及我们後代,能安享自由带来的幸福“

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

She speaks of the necessary unity of body and soul, which for her entails a defense of the body, defending, as she does, its knowledge and its goodness.

她说道身体心灵结合的必要性，这对她来说需要保卫其身体，为身体的知识与美好抗击。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

If attacked, the wagons could quickly form a circle for defense.

VOA: special.2009.03.30

Now turning to your sheet, in the early, early modern period the poet and courtier, Sir Philip Sidney, wrote an elegant, really wonderfully written defense of poetry, in one edition called The Apology for Poesie.

现在回到发给你们的材料上来，英国，伊丽莎白时期的朝臣及诗人，西德尼，曾写过很多很多，优美的诗歌，全部收录在一本名为《诗辩》的集子里。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Kim Tae-woo is a North Korea analyst with the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses here in Seoul.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

And Dew wrote a forceful defense of slavery in the wake of this, which became kind of a seminal text for all future pro-slavery writers.

此后后德夫为维护奴隶制写了一份有力的辩护,这份辩护被所有后来的亲奴主义作家,尊为一部文献

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

Stephen Biddle,Senior Fellow for Defense Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations discusses the decisions facing President Obama regarding Afghanistan as well as neighboring Pakistan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

We've heard a defense, a couple of voices for the defense.

我们已经听了多种版本的辩护了。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

Kim Tae-woo is a researcher with the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses in Seoul.

VOA: standard.2009.10.13

The essay that you read was produced at the behest of his French publisher. They wanted him to write something that would make people feel better about the book, that would give some account of its origin and give some defense for its publication and its content.

你们所读到的那篇短文就是在法国出版商的要求下写的,他们希望他写些什么来让人们对这本书产生更多的好感,来交待这本书的缘起,并且为它的内容和它的出版进行辩护。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Baek Seung-joo, a North Korea researcher with the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses in Seoul, says he thinks the release was meant to blackmail the South.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

Now one of the books that will be assigned for the class is by Michael Pollan called, In Defense of Food, and he spends some time in that book discussing and he has a very interesting take on it.

这门课要布置给你们阅读的书中,有一本是迈克尔·鲍兰写的,为食物辩护,书中的部分内容,是讨论何为食物,他的某些见解很独到

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

"It's a conundrum." says Jonathan Schanzer. He is Vice President of Research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and author of Hamas vs Fatah: The Struggle for Palestine.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

For by art", he says in the introduction, "For by art is created that great Leviathan called a commonwealth or a state, " which is but an artificial man, though of greater stature and strength than the natural for whose protection and defense it was intended."

他在引言中说，因为号称国民的整体或国家这个庞然大物,“利维坦“是用艺术造成的，它只是一个“人造的人，虽然它远比自然人身高力大,而是以保护自然人为目的“

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

The Pentagon report also says the global economic crisis and the fall in the price of oil may affect the Iraqi government's ability to provide funding for defense and economic development.

VOA: standard.2009.03.31

Okay. Good. Other defenders. Other voices for the defense.

很好，其他人呢，还有谁来辩护。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell says he sat in on a briefing for Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday, during which the U.S.brigadier general assigned to investigate the civilian casualties incident summarized his report.

VOA: standard.2009.06.08

Clifford May at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies says he hopes the Obama administration understands the importance of a regional approach, and of trying to encourage India and Pakistan to work together."

VOA: standard.2009.12.06

Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev signed agreements in the Kremlin with Abkhaz leader Sergei Bagapsh and South Ossetian leader Eduard Kokoity that give Russia responsibility for defense of the borders between Georgia and the two breakaway republics.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30

White Sox Outfielder DeWayne Wise, who had just been inserted in the lineup for defense, saw the ball coming and headed for the front of the stands where he leaped, stuck his glove above the wall, and caught the ball for an out.

VOA: standard.2009.07.24

Defense officials say they are aiming for a balance that will not compromise the security of operations or military networks.

VOA: special.2009.09.14

The Defense Department has been writing a policy for all of the military on the use of social networking sites.

VOA: special.2009.09.14

Or a newspaper might report that "defense lawyers were 'battening down the hatches' for testimony by someone who observed the crime."

VOA: special.2009.05.24

He says that would reduce the need for an American missile-defense system proposed for the Czech Republic and Poland.

VOA: special.2009.03.07

They say the Earps and Doc Holliday did not fire in self-defense, but used the law as an excuse for murder.

VOA: special.2010.02.15

For example, a defense lawyer in a court trial may become very emotional in arguing with the government lawyer about evidence affecting the accused.

VOA: special.2009.07.05

Defense Secretary Robert Gates also expressed support for ending the policy known as "Don't Ask,Don't Tell."

VOA: special.2010.02.06

Mr.Gates said nations must be responsible for their fair share of the common defense.

VOA: special.2011.06.11

And that was the most important thing for him." John Wooden was praised for how he taught the basics of the game,like passing,defense and moving without the ball.

VOA: special.2010.06.10