Zhang Weili defends UFC title
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LAS VEGAS - China's
first-ever UFC world champion Zhang Weili defended her strawweight title with split decision victory over Joanna Jedrzejczyk here on Saturday.
驻拉斯维加斯记者发来报道，终极格斗冠军赛（UFC，Ultimate Fighting Championship）史上第一位中国冠军张伟丽经过分歧判定，战胜了乔安娜·耶德尔泽西克，成功卫冕了草量级冠军。
（图片来自L.E. BASKOW/AP，新闻来自China Daily中国日报，译文来自Mark老师）
Mark英语干货
①first-ever
adj.形容词 Something that is the first ever one of its kind has never happened before.首次的，前所未有的，史无前例的
【例句】：
It's the first-ever meeting between leaders of the two countries.
这是两国领导人的首次会晤。
②defend
1.VERB 动词：防御; 保卫;保护 If you defend someone or something, you take action in order to protect them.
【语法信息】：V n 后加名词
【语法信息】：V pron-refl 后加反身代词
【语法信息】：V pron-refl against n 后加反身代词，再加against加名词
【语法信息】：Also V n against n
Every man who could fight was now committed to defend the ridge...
每个能够参加战斗的男子现在都决心要保卫这条山脊。
His courage in defending religious and civil rights inspired many outside the church...
他在捍卫宗教和公民权利时所表现出来的勇气鼓舞了许多教会之外的人。
They would have killed him if he had not defended himself...
如果他没有进行自卫的话，他们早就把他给杀死了。
In 1991 he and his friends defended themselves against some white racist thugs who set upon them for no other reason than their skin colour.
1991 年，他和朋友在面对几个仅仅因为肤色就攻击他们的白人种族主义暴徒时奋起自卫。
2.VERB 动词替…辩护;为…辩解;维护 If you defend someone or something when they have been criticized, you argue in support of them.
【语法信息】：V n
【语法信息】：V pron-refl against n
【语法信息】：V n against n
【语法信息】：Also V pron-refl
Matt defended all of Clarence's decisions, right or wrong...
克拉伦斯的决定，不管对错，马特都予以维护。
The author defends herself against charges of racism by noting that blacks are only one of her targets...
面对种族主义指控，作者替自己辩护说黑人只是她的抨击目标之一。
Police chiefs strongly defended police conduct against a wave of criticism.
针对批评的浪潮，警察局长们极力为警方的行为进行辩护。
3.VERB 动词(律师)为(被告)辩护 When a lawyer defends a person who has been accused of something, the lawyer argues on their behalf in a court of law that the charges are not true.
【语法信息】：V n
【语法信息】：V n against n
【语法信息】：V
...a lawyer who defended political prisoners during the military regime...
在军人政权时期为政治犯辩护的律师
He has hired a lawyer to defend him against the allegations...
他已聘请了一位律师针对这些指控为自己辩护。
Guy Powell, defending, told magistrates: 'It's a sad and disturbing case.'
盖伊·鲍威尔在进行辩护时对地方法官说道:“这是一件非常不幸、令人不安的案子。”
4.VERB 动词卫(冕) When a sports player plays in the tournament which they won the previous time it was held, you can say that they are defending their title.
【语法信息】：V n
【语法信息】：V-ing
【FIELD标签】：JOURNALISM 新闻用词
Torrence expects to defend her title successfully in the next Olympics...
托伦斯希望在下届奥运会上能够卫冕成功。
India had to struggle to beat defending champions South Korea 2-0.
印度队苦战之下才以 2 比 0 击败卫冕冠军韩国队。
③split decision
a decision based on a majority verdict rather than on a unanimous one, especially as to the winner on points of a boxing match
分歧判定，非一致性决定
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