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defensiveness
noun[ U ]
uk /dɪˈfen.sɪv.nəs/ us /dɪˈfen.sɪv.nəs/
speech or behaviour in which someone is very eager to avoid being criticized: 戒备心理;自我防卫
"I am assertive," she says, with only a trace of defensiveness.“我很自信，”她说，有点替自己辩护的意思。
He felt a surge of defensiveness, a need to deny or explain.他忽然很想替自己辩解，觉得需要否认或者解释一下。
He lost some of his defensiveness and Emma began to look less worried.
The president's defensiveness stems from the fact that the concern about crime is viewed as an attack on the legitimacy of this government.
These failures have been compounded by official defensiveness and denial.
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non-respondent
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