You found self-defense mechanism; you found ways of distending the people around you, for example.

比如你曾深谙自我防御的技巧；你曾想办法和别人保持距离。

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Since at least the 1980s, scientists have theorized that NDEs occur as a kind of physiological self-defense mechanism.

至少从上世纪80年代以来，科学家们已经推理出临死体验是作为一种生理正当防卫技巧而出现的。

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As for the woman, this process of screening by looks and body language is a self-defense mechanism.

对于一个女人来说，这种通过观察外表和身体语言获取信息的本事是她们的一种自我保护机制。

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My self-righteous mentality served as a defense mechanism.

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They were parchment barriers from the beginning, never possessing a self-enforcing mechanism that would compel other actors in the system, including citizens themselves to rally to their defense.

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