bulwark

英 [ˈbʊlwək]

美 [ˈbʊlwɜːrk]

n.  保护者，防御者(指人或事物); 堡垒; 防御工事; (船的)舷墙

复数：bulwarks　现在分词：bulwarking　过去式：bulwarked　第三人称单数：bulwarks　过去分词：bulwarked　

BNC.18948 / COCA.18990

牛津词典

noun

• 保护者，防御者（指人或事物）
  a person or thing that protects or defends sth
  1. a bulwark against extremism
     坚决反对极端主义者
• 堡垒；防御工事
  a wall built as a defence
• （船的）舷墙
  the part of a ship's side that is above the level of the deck

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 防护；壁垒
  Abulwark againstsomething protects you against it. Abulwark ofsomething protects it.
  1. The abbeys were founded in the 12th century by King David as a bulwark against the English...
     这些修道院是12世纪大卫王用来抵御英国人而修建的堡垒。
  2. The House of Lords is the only bulwark of democracy in this country.
     在这个国家，上议院是唯一的民主堡垒。

英英释义

noun

• a protective structure of stone or concrete
  Synonym:breakwatergroingroynemoleseawalljetty
• a fencelike structure around a deck (usually plural)
• an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
  1. they stormed the ramparts of the city
  2. they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down
  Synonym:rampartwall

verb

• defend with a bulwark

双语例句

• Property rights not only protect people against other persons but serve as a bulwark against state power.
  财产权不进食保护个人财产不受他人侵犯，也是防止国家权力侵害的保障。
• We were a bulwark against bolshevism.
  我们是对抗布尔什维克的壁垒。
• I wanted to apply some paint to the bulwark prior to gluing the bollards in place.
  我想申请一些油漆向堡垒之前，粘合了护柱，在发生。
• The data standardization and normalization for urban planning is effective guarantee for realizing and generalizing the electronic approval system, and an effective solution to "information bulwark".
  城市规划数据的标准化和规范化是电子报批系统得以实现和推广的重要保障，是解决“信息壁垒”的很好方法。
• My fantasies were a moral bulwark that enabled me to feel I was keeping my emotional integrity whole.
  我的种种幻想都是一种道义上的保障，使我感到我在保持自己感情尊严的完整性。
• The navy is our principal bulwark against invasion.
  海军是我们抵御侵略者的重要保障。
• The agency is our last bulwark against North Korean aggression.
  该机构是我们抵御北韩侵略的最后堡垒/最后防线。
• Still it stretched and stretched till its head was over the starboard bulwark.
  可是它还不断伸长，一直把脑袋伸到右舷的舷墙上。
• Our people's support is a bulwark against the enemy.
  人民的支持就是抗拒敌人的堡垒。
• The abbeys were founded in the 12th century by King David as a bulwark against the English
  这些修道院是12世纪大卫王用来抵御英国人而修建的堡垒。