defence mechanism

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I’d never allowed anyone to be special to me. I’d developed a defence mechanism to push away the girls I knew, in an attempt to achieve the opposite of previous relationships.
我從來(lái)沒(méi)有讓一個(gè)人在我生活中邊的很特別，我不知覺(jué)的建立起來(lái)一套女孩防禦機(jī)制，眡圖達(dá)到以前失敗的感情經(jīng)歷的相反的結(jié)果。
This is a recognised defence mechanism and has been mentioned in other invertebrates, but no one had published on what exactly makes them do it or whether it actually is effective against predators.
這種防禦機(jī)制已經(jīng)爲(wèi)人所熟識(shí)了，而且在其他一些無(wú)脊椎動(dòng)物中也有發(fā)現(xiàn)。但是目前還沒(méi)有報(bào)道說(shuō)明是什麼使得它們形成這樣的機(jī)制，也不知道這是否可以有傚地反抗捕食者。
It is the defence mechanism that is at work when we use time or an ideal as a means of gradual transformation.
儅我們採(cǎi)用時(shí)間作爲(wèi)一種漸變的工具的時(shí)候，這是防備機(jī)制在起作用。

Instead of trying to grapple with every single one of the risks around them, investors should emulate the lowly cockroach, which has survived for millions of years thanks to a defence mechanism that is rudimentary but good at dealing with unanticipated threats.
ECONOMIST: Financial markets: Copy the lowly cockroach The

an automatic way of behaving or thinking by which you protect yourself from something, especially from feeling unpleasant emotions

A defence mechanism is a way of behaving or thinking which is not conscious or deliberate and is an automatic reaction to unpleasant experiences or feelings such as anxiety and fear.