1. We took a defensive attitude in the negotiation.
    我们在谈判时取守势。

2. Otherwise, you will be driven towards a defensive attitude rather than enjoying the financial position.
    否则，你就会被朝一个防守的态度而不是享受的财务状况。

3. defensive attitude

3. Self-affirmation restored the threatened self-integrity, and reduced the defensive reactions which was disadvantageous to the people themselves, made an objective and fair attitude towards threatening information possible, providing an opportunity to learn from the threatening information.
    自我肯定恢复了受到威胁的个体的自我完整性，使个体不再出现不利于自身发展的防御性反应，能够以一种客观、公正的态度看待威胁性信息，从中获得了更多的学习机会。

4. Mr. Romney''s been on the defensive after the release of a secretly-recorded video from a fundraiser in May showed him with a dismissive attitude toward Obama supporters.
    自从五月份，一个资金筹集人发布了一段关于罗姆尼对奥巴马支持者态度轻蔑的秘密录制的视频后，罗姆尼就一直处于自卫辩解状态。