Troops took up a defensive position around the town.

部队在全城采取了守势。

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It is an excellent defensive position.

那是一个绝妙的防守阵地。

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This was essentially a defensive position.

从本质上说，这是一个防御阵型。

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The collapse of the Soviet Union and the breakup of Yugoslavia in the nineteen nineties challenged NATO's traditional position as a defensive alliance.

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Often, by being in a defensive position, we answer the questions asked without addressing the person asking the question.

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Delgado wasn't bad either, though he was barely in the top 20 among hitters, played the easiest defensive position and missed 19 games.

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Dedicated fans (this editor among them) quickly fell into a defensive position, dismissing EA's abandonment of the platform with promises of Nintendo's own first-party wonders.

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