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

• 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。
• A bulwark and a pillar the West may yet wish to retain.
  壁垒和基石是西方都需要保存的。
• 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。
• We were a bulwark against bolshevism.
  我们是对抗布尔什维克的壁垒。
• We give them the love of justice& the bulwark against violence and oppression, and the respository of human dignity.
  我们要教给他们对正义的热爱&正义是暴力和压迫的防洪堤，是人类尊严的源泉。
• 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。
• The navy is our principal bulwark against invasion.
  海军是我们抵御侵略者的重要保障。
• 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。
• 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。