And just because Google is focusing on the social web, does not mean that it is a defensive play against Facebook.

刚好如今Google正聚焦于社交网络，这并不意味着就是针对Facebook的防守策略。

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Washington and Seoul say it is a routine defensive exercise.

华盛顿和首尔说，这是一次例行的防御工作。

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It's a culture of 'having it all' and yet very few of us can do this, which is why we get defensive about how we are seen as mothers.

这是一种‘拥有一切’的文化，而我们很少有人能做到这一点，因此我们会为别人如何看待我们的母亲身份而进行自卫。

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It's the same computation. But this is a nice way of writing it, often called defensive programming.

这跟原来的计算过程没什么不同,但这是写代码的更优秀的一种方式。

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Whisper it quietly, but some have even labeled Spain's previously much-feted tiki-taka style of play "boring" and claimed it is currently a more defensive tactic than offensive.

CNN: Euro 2012 final: Can Italy stop Spain's bid for history?

Or it is a generalised, defensive fear: globalisation, say, or the arrival of Europe's single currency, are changing the economic landscape and making firms' lives more uncertain creating a strong incentive for the insecure to leap into bed with one another, the better to prevent their beds from being taken away altogether.

ECONOMIST: Most mergers disappoint. So why do firms keep merging?

You just wonder if it is not being a little defensive.

BBC: There is no history of English fans causing trouble abroad