Defense: the team not in possession of the ball whose objective is to keep the opponent from scoring; also a specific pattern of play used by a defending team.

防守队员，试图阻止对方进球的球队或球队队员们。

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Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine

如今你们若实在听从我的话，遵守我的约，就要在万民中作属我的子民，因为全地都是我的。

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We must run from the start of the match, but we must also know how to keep possession.

我们必须从比赛伊始就保持跑动，但我们也得知道怎样保证控球率。

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But for all their hard work, Wales were guilty of failing to keep hold of to possession and were punished in the closing stages of the first half.

BBC: Wales 5-1 Luxembourg

The second-half was an uninspiring affair, with neither team able to keep hold of possession.

BBC: Bristol 19-12 Cornish Pirates

The in-form Yossi Benanyoun was one of the few Liverpool players able to keep possession and he went close when he curled a strike on to the roof of the net.

BBC: Hull 1-3 Liverpool