bulwarks

英 [ˈbʊlwəks]

美 [ˈbʊlwərks]

n.  保护者，防御者(指人或事物); 堡垒; 防御工事; (船的)舷墙
bulwark的复数

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。

双语例句

• Seeing Peter slowly advancing upon him through the air with dagger poised, he sprang upon the bulwarks to cast himself into the sea.
  看到彼得举着剑慢慢地凌空向他飞来，他跳上了船舷，纵身跳下海。
• The Supreme court, and the constitution, are bulwarks between this country's political identity and the bubbling cauldron of world opinion.
  最高法院和宪法是国家作为一个政治实体和世界观点的大熔炉之间的壁垒。
• As a WTO memberships, technique bulwarks of advanced country have become the important factors of baffling exportation of our country farm production.
  我国加入世贸组织后，发达国家的技术壁垒已成为阻碍农产品出口的重要因素。
• How will the agricultural product export face the broad technique bulwarks
  农产品出口如何面对国外技术壁垒
• SA8000 is an international social accountability management system. The social accountability rules compose trade bulwarks. Its also superiority resource of international competition, from the aspect of development.
  SA是国际统一执行的社会责任管理体系，其规定的社会责任规则，一方面看来构成了贸易壁垒，而从发展的角度看则是参与国际竞争的优势资源。
• He ran to the bulwarks as soon as the wave was passed, saw me, and lost me, and saw me again, as I tumbled in the roost.
  浪头一过，他马上奔到船上，看见我在汹涌澎湃的巨浪中挣扎，一会儿沉下，一会儿浮起。
• We should be securing our bulwarks, not marching into battle.
  现在是治国打根基之际，不宜战争。
• They have the means to provide new bulwarks of the multilateral system.
  它们有能力为多边体系提供新的支柱。
• He had pitched, as I have said, against the bulwarks, where he lay like some horrible, ungainly sort of puppet;
  我刚才已经说过，他滑到了舷樯旁，像个可怕而丑恶的傀儡一样躺在那里。
• For a long time he was too happy to speak, and could only gaze at the sea and the sun and feel the bulwarks and the ropes, as if to make sure he was really awake, while tears rolled down his cheeks.
  他高兴得久久说不出话来，只会眼望着大海和太阳，摸着舷墙和缆绳，仿佛要使自己相信他的确醒着，脸上泪水滚滚直流。