argue or speak in defense of;

"She supported the motion to strike"

we think spain is quite strong to fend for itself because it has a low level of public debt and it could recapitalize its banks without risking its public debt.

我们认为，西班牙完全可以自己照料自己，因为这个国家的公共债务水平很低，且可以在不危及公债的情况下重组其银行业。

they might have a special lift to get to another floor, and a range of especially adapted appliances to help them fend for themselves.

他们也许可以搭乘残障专用电梯到达别的楼层，也许可以利用各种专为针对行动不变者设计的装置设备照顾自己。

the aim, says mr lieberman, is to end gaza’s residual dependence on israel and let the territory’s 1.6m palestinians fend for themselves.

利伯曼称，此举的目的是结束加沙居民依赖以色列的局面，让此地的160万巴基斯坦人自力更生。

ms. marokvia, left to fend for herself, scraped together a living as a translator and, at one point, as a weaver in a fishing village on the north sea.

而玛洛克维亚夫人需要自己谋生了，她通过做翻译，并在北海的一个渔村做织工而勉强度日。

in many countries, the rich receive all the health care they need, while the poor are left to fend for themselves.

在许多国家，富人获得所需的所有卫生保健服务，而穷人只能苦苦挣扎。

but earthquakes strike suddenly.people can get stuck at work, school, or in panicked transit, leaving pets to fend for themselves.

但是当地震忽然降临时，人们受困于工厂，学校或者在街上遇到交通堵塞时，他们抛弃了他们的宠物，让宠物自生自灭。

the provincial and federal governments, as well as the army, are judged to have performed poorly in aid of the victims, who have mostly had to rely on private charity or fend for themselves.

民众认为省政府和国家政府以及军队，在帮助灾民方面表现甚差，这些灾民大都不得不转而依靠私人慈善机构或者自救。

whoever is at fault, the result is that many flood victims have been left to fend for themselves, struggling to remake their homes or rebuild their ruined farms with the few resources they can muster.

无论是谁的错，结果总是受灾人民不得不自力更生，用他们掌握的有限资源重建房屋，重修农场。

many western family business owners fear of children in their own enterprises will enjoy privileges, many of his children out the door, allowing them to fend for themselves.

很多西方家族企业所有者怕子女在自己的企业工作会享有特权，多会把孩子推出家门，让他们自谋生计。

you「ll have to fend for yourself this weekend.

这个周末你得自己照顾自己了。

they fled their home following the war and set up in the forest, spending the next four decades learning to hunt, build shelters and fend for themselves.

战争爆发后，父子俩就逃离了家园，到丛林里安了家，他们接下来的四十多年时间全都用来学习狩猎、建造居所和照顾自己。

many employees have to fend for themselves.

许多员工必须独立照顾自己。

while state-owned enterprises have been inundated with loans from the state banks, economists worry too that china」s vibrant private sector has been largely left to fend for itself.

在国有企业被来自国有银行的贷款淹没的同时，经济学家还担心，中国富有活力的私营部门却基本上要自谋生路。

he’d gone off when i was three and left me and mam and my sister to fend for ourselves.

他在我三岁时离开了，留下我和老妈、姐姐自力更生。

however for the majority, their life has taken such a turn that they now literally have to fend for themselves in the streets.

尽管如此，大部分人，他们的人生有这样的转折，现在他们为了养活自己，不得不流浪街头。

but we cannot go back to the time when our citizens were left to fend for themselves.

但我们也不能回到让我们的公民自求多福的时代。

to brawl, forget ya squad, better fend for yourself.

对你咆哮，忘掉你的团队，最好照顾好你自己。

but they see our children, and the old folk fend for themselves.

但他们看到了我们的孩子，看到了古老的民族在照料着他们。

part of the explanation is that a woman has not truly finished her reproductive work until her last child has reached an age at which he can fend for himself.

部分的解释是女人直到她最小的孩子达到自立的年龄后才真正地结束了她的生育。

on present form rooney, even when required to fend for himself, demands special treatment.

以鲁尼现在的状态来看，即便他只能单枪匹马、孤军奋战，也需要特殊照顾。

they also have smaller families, and the youngsters are often left to fend for themselves.

他们的家庭人员很少，最小的孩子不得不照料自己。

but hundreds of thousands will be expected to fend for themselves.

但是还是有数以十万计的人要想办法自己养活自己了。

well-off populations, who tend to be healthier, have the best access to the best care, while the poor are left to fend for themselves.

富裕人群往往较健康并能最佳利用最好的医疗服务，而贫穷人群只能自己想办法。

the scoop: more than 10 years after the last installment, toy-owner andy goes to college, leaving woody, buzz and the toy-box gang to fend for themselves in a day-care center.

独家报道：距上一作已有十年的时间，玩具的主人安迪上了大学，把woody，buzz和一大箱的玩具扔在了日托中心。