It's only in defence of our ideas, or our beliefs, that we choose to raise swords in the first place.

只有为了捍卫我的思或信仰时，我才会选择首先举起剑。

We have the character of an island nation – independent, forthright, passionate in defence of our sovereignty.

我具有岛国的性格——独立、直率、热衷于捍卫我的主权。

Here's what Rishi Sunak had to say to Sky News in defence of the government's approach to the inquiry.

以下里希·苏纳克 (Rishi Sunak) 为政府的调查方式辩护时不得不对天空新闻 (Sky News) 说的话。

Julien made this little memoir in defence of his position as little compromising as possible for mademoiselle de la Mole.

朱利安写了本小回忆录， 以尽可能少地为拉鼹鼠小姐辩护。

In defence of the optimistic view, one may urge how rare it is to meet with an elderly man who harbours a repining spirit.

为了捍卫乐观的观点， 可能会强调， 遇到一位怀有抱怨精神的多么罕见。

After all, I thought—and perhaps the thought was laughably vain—we were here three very noble human beings to perish in defence of a thieving banker.

毕竟，我——也许个法可笑的徒劳——我里三个非常高尚的， 要为一个偷窃的银行家而牺牲。

When he takes the field, therefore, in defence of the public, as he has no revenue to maintain himself, he must necessarily be maintained by the public.

因此，当他为捍卫公众而上场时， 由于他没有收入来维持自己， 他必须由公众维持。

The immense debt contracted in the late war in particular, and a great part of that contracted in the war before, were both properly contracted in defence of America.

尤其战争晚期背负的巨额债务，以及之前战争中背负的大部分债务，都为了保卫美国而背负的。

They have rejected, therefore, the proposal of being taxed by parliamentary requisition, and, like other ambitious and high-spirited men, have rather chosen to draw the sword in defence of their own importance.

因此，他拒绝了通过议会征用征税的提议，并且像其他雄心勃勃、意气风发的一样，宁愿选择拔剑捍卫自己的重要性。

The war having been undertaken, it was said, in defence of the trade of the country, the merchants, who were to profit by it, ought to contribute towards the support of it.

据说，场战争为了保卫国家的贸易，从中获利的商应该为支持它做出贡献。

It was standing on the beaches of Normandy with otherworld leaders last month, remembering together all that was given in defence of our liberty and our values that most inspired me to come here today to give this speech.

上个月，我与世界各国领导一起站诺曼底海滩，共同铭记为捍卫自由和价值观，我所付出的一切，也激励着我今天选择里发表演说的原因所。

The greater part of the citizens, or those who governed the greater part of them, fought in defence of their own importance, which, they foresaw, was to be at an end whenever the ancient government should be re-established.

大部分公民，或统治大部分公民的，都为捍卫自己的重要性而战，他预见到，每当旧政府重建时，种重要性就会结束。

The latter shook, his head doubtingly; and although Werther urged his case with the utmost zeal, feeling, and determination in defence of his client, yet, as we may easily suppose, the judge was not much influenced by his appeal.

后者摇了摇头，怀疑地摇头；尽管维特以最大的热情、的感觉和为他的委托辩护的决心敦促他的案子，然而，正如我很容易假设的那样，法官并没有受到他的上诉的太大影响。

As to the two former accusations, I was glad to let them pass without any reply, because I had not a word to offer upon them in defence of my species, which otherwise I certainly had done from my own inclinations.

至于之前的两项指控，我很高兴让他通过而不作任何答复，因为我无法为他辩护我的物种，否则我肯定会出于自己的意愿样做。

" If nothing have been foretold you but this, " replied the Queen-Dauphin, smiling, and thinking of the affair of England, " I would not advise you to decry astrology; you may have reasons hereafter to offer in defence of it" .

“如果除此之外没有任何其他预言，”王太子微笑着回答，到了英格兰的事件，“我不会建议你谴责占星术；你以后可能有理由为它辩护。”