I can imagine a defence lawyer making mincemeat of him if we ever put him up in court.

如果我们一旦让他出庭，我可以想象出辩护律师会把他驳斥得体无完肤。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Make up your minds not to prepare your defence.

下定决心不准备防御。

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He put up a stout defence in court.

他在法庭上进行了顽强的辩护。

《牛津词典》

Around the perimeter of the property, members of the self-defence force have taken up positions at five-metre intervals.

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Leinster replacement Paul O'Donohoe stretched the Edinburgh defence in the build-up to Fogarty's try, McFadden adding the conversion.

BBC: Edinburgh 27-16 Leinster

Soon after Oblison burst through a stretched Wildcats defence after good build-up work by Michael Platt and Ainscough.

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