slightly defensive
ligeramente a la defensiva
Frecuencia: 6.510.2 por millón de palabras
Feeling or showing to a small degree that you are being criticized.
Sentir o mostrar en un pequeño grado que estás siendo criticado.
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Ejemplos (10)
slightly defensive = ligeramente a la defensiva (Sentir o mostrar en un pequeño grado que estás siendo criticado.)
- Her voice sounded slightly defensive when I asked about her progress.Su voz sonó ligeramente defensiva cuando le pregunté sobre su progreso.
- He became slightly defensive when we questioned his calculations.Se puso ligeramente a la defensiva cuando cuestionamos sus cálculos.
- She got slightly defensive about her choice of paint color for the living room.Se puso ligeramente a la defensiva sobre su elección del color de pintura para la sala.
- I noticed he was slightly defensive during the performance review.Noté que estaba ligeramente a la defensiva durante la evaluación de desempeño.
- Why are you getting slightly defensive? It was just a suggestion.¿Por qué te pones ligeramente a la defensiva? Solo fue una sugerencia.
- The artist is known to be slightly defensive about his early work.El artista es conocido por ser ligeramente defensivo con su obra temprana.
- In her reply, she seemed slightly defensive, as if I had accused her of something.En su respuesta, parecía ligeramente defensiva, como si la hubiera acusado de algo.
- When the coach pointed out his error, the player grew slightly defensive.Cuando el entrenador señaló su error, el jugador se volvió ligeramente defensivo.
- I couldn't help but feel slightly defensive when my methods were challenged.No pude evitar sentirme ligeramente a la defensiva cuando mis métodos fueron cuestionados.
- There's no need to be slightly defensive; we're all on the same team here.No hay necesidad de estar ligeramente a la defensiva; estamos todos en el mismo equipo.