The defence secretary ducked the question of whether the United States was winning the war.

该国防部长回避了美国是否在打赢这场战争的问题。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

He didn't realise at the time that SAGE formed an important part of America's air defence systems during the Cold War but it still made an impression.

他那个时候并不知道，半自动地面防空警备系统是冷战时期美国空中防御系统的重要组成部分，但它依然给他留下了深刻的印象。

youdao

The aim, commanders now admit, was to have many "different flags on coffins" at the start of a war, so as to ensure that Allies could not dodge their commitment to joint defence.

指挥官们现在承认它成立的目的将是在战事之初“棺材上覆盖着各国国旗”，从而确保各盟国不会逃避它们集体防御的义务。

youdao

It was opposed by the Free Democrats and an old guard of cold-war defence buffs.

ECONOMIST: Germany's armed forces: Abroad, by inches | The

On March 1st Radovan Karadzic, the former Bosnian Serb leader, opened his defence at his war-crimes trial in The Hague.

ECONOMIST: More arrests and court cases revive bad Balkan memories

For Iraq, persuading the world that it is worth continuing with inspections, however slowly it ekes out its co-operation with them, is its main diplomatic line of defence against a war.

ECONOMIST: Dealing with Iraq