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 fund is a bulwark against your benefits being cut.
  这笔基金是防止你的福利受损的保障。
• As more and more Chinese medical devices come into EU and world markets, new technical bulwark must emerge in our inspection technology and standards of medical devices.
  随着我国越来越多的医疗器械产品进入欧盟和世界市场，必将对中国的医疗器械检验技术和标准提出了新的技术壁垒。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• The soldiers kept their heads down behind the bulwark.
  士兵们保持头低低地在堡垒的后面。