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

• My savings were to be a bulwark against unemployment.
  我的积蓄是我失业时的保障。
• Israel calls the barrier a bulwark against Palestinian suicide bombers.
  以色列称该隔离墙是防范巴勒斯坦自杀性爆炸袭击者的一道壁垒。
• 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。
• 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。
• Indeed, altruism would be a bulwark against arrogance and envy, two features that are incompatible with happiness in its purest sense.
  事实是，利他主义将是对抗自负和嫉妒的壁垒。在幸福纯粹的定义里，自负和嫉妒是与之不相容的。
• 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 new dam was a bulwark against future floods.
  新水坝是将来抵御洪水的屏障。
• 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。
• We were a bulwark against bolshevism.
  我们是对抗布尔什维克的壁垒。
• 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。