Compared with foil, head and arms are also valid targets in sabre fencing, so sabre fencing focuses more on offensive and its defensive area is enlarged.

佩剑是以进攻为主的，有效部位比花剑增加头部和手臂。加大防守面积是成功的关键。佩剑主动权相对突出。

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I am sure that we won't be making the same mistakes that we did against Cesena. It will not be easy against Auxerre, but we have to manage our defensive area better.

对切塞纳的比赛让我们明白我们必须尊重任何对手，我们绝对不会重复同样的错误，对欧塞尔的比赛将不会轻松，我们的防线必须提高警惕。

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Defensive Eurocrats point out that the public finances of the euro area as a whole are no worse than America's.

欧盟官员辩护说作为一个整体欧元区公共财务状况并不比美国的差。

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Later, US and Afghan forces said they had come under sporadic rocket and heavy machine-gun fire from insurgents dug into defensive positions in the area.

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Some of the biggest sells by the M100 last week reflect a move away from more defensive names, especially in the area of health care where the gurus completely sold out of three names in the sector.

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In this area, his attitude seems almost defensive, using symbolic issues as a sop to his Christian backers.

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