fend

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v 抵挡

例句：She raised her arm up to fend branches from her eyes.（她抬起胳膊将树枝从她眼前挡开。）；Protection of the vital oil fields remained a unifying goal, and the United States viewed a more capable Saudi military, one able to fend off regional and domestic threats, as key to attaining it.（保护重要石油地区的安全是两国统一的目标，而美军认为一个能够抵御地区和国内威胁的更加强大的沙特军队，是实现这一目标的关键。）

短语：fend off；fend for oneself；fend for

同近：maintain；support；secure；preserve；sustain