defensiveness [dɪ'fensɪvnəs]

例句:

• He felt a certain defensiveness about his position.
  他对自己的位置心存戒备。
  
• The fear of being sued for malpractice has magnified physicians'defensiveness.
  担心因医疗事故而被起诉的恐惧加剧了医生们的防卫心理.
  
• This outbreak of defensiveness embodies one paradox and several myths.
  排外行动的爆发,体现了一个矛盾和几个“神话”.
  
• I see that wall of defensiveness go up, she says.
  来自WSJ
• In such cases, Ketchum responds with a mixture of defensiveness and empathy.
  来自NEWYORKER
• These are all negative adjectives and over defensiveness without even talking of any evidence.
  来自SA