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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• Law and morality are the bulwark of society.
  法律和道德是社会的防御工具。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But the bulwark of our defense is the national militia, which in the present state of our intelligence and population must render us invincible.
  但是，我们国防的中流砥柱是武装的全国人民，以我们现在的智慧和人口情况，这一定使我们战无不胜。