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

• 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。
• 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。
• Law and morality are the bulwark of society.
  法律和道德是社会的防御工具。
• I wanted to apply some paint to the bulwark prior to gluing the bollards in place.
  我想申请一些油漆向堡垒之前，粘合了护柱，在发生。
• 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。
• 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 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 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。
• Bulwark plate to be thickened and stiffener to be added in way of mooring hole.
  在设置导缆孔处舷墙板增加板厚和加强筋。
• 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。