For here a knowledge of the evil is in itself a means of defence, and a shot foreseen always misses its mark.

知晓他人的恶意，本身就是一种防备——能够被预见的一击常常打不中目标。

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The prisoner had listened to them, with that astounded face which was, according to the accusation, his principal means of defence;

至于被告，他听他们说着，面上露出惊讶的样子，照控诉词上说，这是他主要的自卫方法。

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At first glance it may look like a fearsome snake but this rearing creature is actually a small caterpillar with a cunning means of defence.

第一眼看上去可能会以为它是可怕的蛇，但实际上这种生物是由一只小毛毛虫伪装而成的。

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We do not accept violence as a means of attack on the government, or as a means of defence.

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The law reads that the country's nuclear weapons are a "means of defence" and serve the purpose of "dealing deadly retaliatory blows at the strongholds of aggression until the world is denuclearised".

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