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

• The soldiers kept their heads down behind the bulwark.
  士兵们保持头低低地在堡垒的后面。
• Law and morality are the bulwark of society.
  法律和道德是社会的防御工具。
• 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。
• Our people's support is a bulwark against the enemy.
  人民的支持就是抗拒敌人的堡垒。
• But Beijing also wants to maintain strong ties with Moscow, which it sees as an important source of energy and arms, and a bulwark against Western influence around the world.
  但另一方面北京也想和莫斯科保持密切联系。对北京而言，莫斯科是能源和军火的重要来源，也是抵御西方势力的一道壁垒。
• The US, meanwhile, must also play a constructive part, and must resist the urge to use Japan, its main Pacific ally, as a bulwark to contain China and curb its rising influence.
  与此同时，美国也必须扮演一个具有建设性的角色，同时坚决抵制美国国内呼声，不把日本这个美国在太平洋地区的主要盟国，用来牵制中国和限制其影响力的堡垒。
• For centuries the British regarded their navy as their principal bulwark against invasion.
  几个世纪以来，英国认为他们的海军是抵御侵略的主要堡垒。
• We have seen the necessity of the Union, as our bulwark against foreign danger ( bJames Madison)
  我们已看到联盟的必要性，就如同建立用来抵御敌国入侵危险的壁垒一样必要（b詹姆斯麦迪逊）
• Law is the bulwark of society.
  法律是社会的保障。
• It has also mitigated the worst effects of the recent financial crisis and has provided a bulwark against the protectionism that might well have ensued.
  此外，该组织缓和了最近金融危机的最糟糕影响，并提供了一个屏障，防范很可能随之出现的保护主义势头。