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.
我從來沒有讓一個人在我生活中邊的很特別，我不知覺的建立起來一套女孩防御機制，視圖達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.
這種防御機制已經(jīng)為人所熟識了，而且在其他一些無脊椎動物中也有發(fā)現(xiàn)。但是目前還沒有報道說明是什么使得它們形成這樣的機制，也不知道這是否可以有效地反抗捕食者。
It is the defence mechanism that is at work when we use time or an ideal as a means of gradual transformation.
當(dāng)我們采用時間作為一種漸變的工具的時候，這是防備機制在起作用。

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.