I don't mean an emergency like the self-defensive counter-attack on Viet Nam. That kind of incident is easy to cope with.

我讲的不是像对越自卫还击战这样的事，这样的事好应付。

Yes, Apple has always held that market share didn't matter as much as profitability, but that attitude seemed increasingly like a defensive self-justification as its market share bottomed near 3%.

是的，苹果即使长期保持着同样的市场份额也不会影响其获利，但这态度看上去就像是自我防御，其市场份额近乎低的只剩3%。

The solution doesn't lie in puritanical self-restraint or in a defensive insistence that there's nothing wrong.

解决的方式不在于像清教徒那样进行自我约束，或者是进行无意义的持续辩护。

The most amusing thing about this dream is the sort of defensive process that goes on in the mind in search of self-justification or explanation.

关于这个梦最能令人让人愉悦的事就是他们思想上寻求以及探索的自卫性的过程。

Psychologists see this compulsive self-reliance as a defensive strategy - protection against deep-seated feelings of vulnerability.

心理学家把这种强制性的自我以来看做是一种防御策略——避免那种深植心底的挫败感。

When threatened, people tend to use a variety of defensive mechanisms to maintain positive self-esteem.

面对失败的威胁，人们会采用各种防御机制维持积极的自尊。

China implements a military strategy of active defense. Strategically, China pursues a principle featuring defensive operations, self-defense and attack only after being attacked.

中国实行积极防御军事战略，在战略上坚持防御、自卫和后发制人的原则。

By contrast, less-happy people are more apt to be defensive, isolated, and self-absorbed, and unfortunately, their negative moods are catching (technical name: emotional contagion).

形成对比地是，较不快乐的人更倾向于防御、孤立、自我沉醉，而且不幸地是，他们消极的情绪有传给别人的能力(术语：情绪传染)。

The believe that I control my own self-esteem permits me to listen to and hear their feedback in a non-defensive way-looking to see if there is sty I can learn.

我坚信自尊由我掌控，这让我毫无戒心地去听取别人的反馈，想看看是否有我学习的东西。

In the process of growing up all of us learn to be self - protective, defensive, which results in building walls between others and ourselves.

在我们成长的过程中，学会了自我保护、自我防卫，而这导致了我们与他人之间的隔阂。

The belief that I control my own self-esteem permits me to listen to and hear their feedback in a non-defensive way – looking to see if there is something I can learn.

我坚信自尊由我掌控，这让我毫无戒心地去听取别人的反馈，想看看是否有我可以学习的东西。