English Dictionary

prevent defense

名詞

(team sports) Any defense intended to prevent rapid scoring by the offense, at the expense of allowing relatively easy, slower scoring.

日本語の意味

（チームスポーツにおいて）相手の速い得点を防ぐことを目的とした守備。速攻を阻止するために、相手に比較的簡単で遅い得点の機会を与えるケースがある守備戦術を指す。

With only thirty seconds left and a two-point lead, the coach ordered a prevent defense to keep the clock running and avoid risky plays.

残り30秒で2点リードしている状況で、監督は速い得点を防ぐ守備を指示し、時計を進めて危険なプレーを避けさせた。

意味（1）

(team sports) Any defense intended to prevent rapid scoring by the offense, at the expense of allowing relatively easy, slower scoring.

In order to cope with this situation, we developed a simple prevent defense which was designed primarily to negate the long touchdown play. Originally, the 5-3 prevent defense was used in the latter moments of the second and fourth quarters ...

prevent defenses （ plural ）