defensive的词源

英文词源

defensive

c. 1400 (adj. and noun), from French défensif (14c.), from Medieval Latin defensivus, from defens-, past participle stem of Latin defendere (see defend). Of persons, "alert to reject criticism," from 1919. Related: Defensively; defensiveness.

中文词源

defensive：防御的，守势的

词根词缀： de-离开 + -fens-打击 + -ive形容词词尾

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