实例:
If a person can’t afford the fees normally charged by criminal defense lawyers,the person will want the court to appoint a lawyer for him or her at government expense.
译文:
如果被告人无法承担刑事辩护律师所要求的律师费用,被告人则会请求法院为其指派一名律师,费用由政府承担。
知识链接:
Defense有时写为defence,defend为其动词形式,名词形式为defender,如public defender(公诉人)等。
与defense相关的短语:defense attorney(辩护律师)、self-defense(正当防卫)、defense of property(财产防卫)、defense of insanity(精神疾病辩护事由)、defend someone(给某人辩护)。
此外,defense在商法(commercial law)中还有“票据抗辩权”之意(a basis for avoiding liability on a negotiable instrument)。Negotiable instrument意为“可流通票据”。
例句:
American legal system generally recognizes four broad categories of defenses:(1)alibi;(2)justifications;(3)excuses;and(4)procedural defenses.
中译英:
辩护方进行总结辩论,概述辩护方认识的证据,并说明为什么陪审团应当作出无罪判决,或者至少应是减罪判决的理由。