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

• In the face of dog-eat-dog International Rice market, only by consummateing rice standards, increasing investment, heightening inspective level, can we breach the technical bulwark and green barrier, and step into process of changing from big rice production country to rice trade great-power country.
  面对竞争激烈的国际大米生产，我国惟有完善稻米标准，加大投入，提高检测水平，才能突破技术壁垒和绿色壁垒，实现由稻米生产大国向稻米强国的转变。
• Law is the bulwark of society.
  法律是社会的保障。
• 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。
• The new dam was a bulwark against future floods.
  新水坝是将来抵御洪水的屏障。
• 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。
• Our people's support is a bulwark against the enemy.
  人民的支持就是抗拒敌人的堡垒。
• Law and morality are the bulwark of society.
  法律和道德是社会的防御工具。
• We were a bulwark against bolshevism.
  我们是对抗布尔什维克的壁垒。
• 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。
• 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。