温和派正采取守势。

Moderates are on the defensive.

部队在全城采取了守势。

Troops took up a defensive position around the town.

该队在对手重整旗鼓后，被迫采取守势。

The team was thrown on(to) the defensive as their opponents rallied.

安理会如果开会，很可能会引出使我们处于守势的讲话。

A Security Council meeting was likely to generate rhetoric that put us on the defensive.

这些天在世界各地的法庭上，烟草巨头们发现自己已经处于守势，不再是攻方。

These days in courts around the world, the tobacco giants find themselves on the defensive far more than playing offense.