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 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。
• The new dam was a bulwark against future floods.
  新水坝是将来抵御洪水的屏障。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 and morality are the bulwark of society.
  法律和道德是社会的防御工具。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。