General Prevost believed he should get control of the lake before moving against the American defenders.

普雷沃斯特将军认为，应该在进攻美国守军前拿下尚普兰湖的控制权。

An advisor to the mayor of the city told the BBC that defenders would fight on to the last soldier.

该市市长的顾问告诉BBC，守军将战斗到只剩最后兵。

The Benin defenders had machetes, pistols, and muskets.

贝宁守军有砍刀、手枪和步枪。

And the few men left are barely men at all.

剩下的人手也算不上守军。

Good steel is always needed on the Wall.

长城守军永远需要好刀好剑。

The Red Union commander was anxious, though not because of the defenders he faced.

红军指挥官很着急，但这并不是因为他面对的守军。

The invading army easily overcame the town’s defences.

【defence】侵略军轻易地击败了该镇的守军。

Polish defenders caught between the two surging armies and quickly surrendering.

波兰守军夹在两支汹涌的军队间并迅速投降。

They pushed their catapults to the walls of  Jerusalem, from which they rained arrows on the defenders.

他们将弹弓推向耶路撒冷的城墙，从那里向守军发射箭雨。

Meanwhile, the Ukrainian defenders are battling with the Russian forces in several fronts, as more Western weapons arrive in the country.

与此同时，随着更多的西方武器抵达乌克兰，乌克兰守军正与俄罗斯军队在多个战线上作战。

" Him, and thousands more" . Bronn sat.

" 死的哪里才只他个咧，守军少说也折了几千。" 波隆坐下来。

If a defender flipped the switch, revolutionaries and counter-revolutionaries alike would all die in one giant ball of fire.

如果守军按下开关，革命者和反革命者都会死在个巨大的球里。

" We'll just keep that, " Yoren said. " Good steel's always needed on the Wall" .

" 这东西咱们就替你保管，" 尤伦说，" 长城守军永远需要好刀剑。"

The castle's defenders needed to stockpile enough food and water to allow them to hold out in the case of a prolonged siege.

堡垒的守军需要储备足够的食物和水，以便在长期围困的情况下能够坚持下去。

By exploiting the castle's potential as a killing machine, a small number of defenders were able to keep large contingents of enemies at bay.

通过利用堡垒作为杀戮机器的潜力，少数守军就能够让大批敌人陷入困境。

It was more common for medieval armies to blockade or encircle a castle with the aim of exhausting the defenders into submission via siege.

中世纪军队更常见的做法是封锁或包围座堡垒，目的是通过围攻使守军精疲力竭。

The two sides met at Bladensburg, a town ten kilometers from Washington. The British attacked and at first the American defenders held their ground.

双方在距离华盛顿10公里的布兰登斯堡镇会战。英军发起进攻，起初美国守军还能坚守阵地。

So, the defenders repaired the barbican but it was reached not by a  bridge as it had been but by... a tunnel.

因此，守军修复了碉堡，但不是通过原来的桥梁到达，而是通过… … 条隧道。

Major Sun now suggested that the defenders be not excited but be prepared to take prisoners instead of trying to kill the enemy.

孙少校现在建议守军不要激动，要准备好俘虏而不是试杀死敌人。

Yet at night of the second day, fate turned against the Greek defenders- or perhaps the inevitability of facing off against such overwhelming numbers.

然而在第二天晚上， 命运对希腊守军不利—— 或者也许是不可避免地要面对如此压倒性的人数。