bulwarks

英 [ˈbʊlwəks]

美 [ˈbʊlwərks]

n.  保护者，防御者(指人或事物); 堡垒; 防御工事; (船的)舷墙
bulwark的复数

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。

双语例句

• No one should want isolated infringements to become a pattern – eroding one of the most important bulwarks between this crisis and the1930s.
  没人希望孤立的违规行为变成一种定式&腐蚀掉防止这场危机演变为上世纪30年代危机的最重要屏障之一。
• SA8000 is an international social accountability management system. The social accountability rules compose trade bulwarks. Its also superiority resource of international competition, from the aspect of development.
  SA是国际统一执行的社会责任管理体系，其规定的社会责任规则，一方面看来构成了贸易壁垒，而从发展的角度看则是参与国际竞争的优势资源。
• They have the means to provide new bulwarks of the multilateral system.
  它们有能力为多边体系提供新的支柱。
• With all my strength, I plucked myself clear of him and ran to the bulwarks.
  我拚命用全力挣脱了船长的手臂，向船舷奔去。
• I remember the bulwarks by the shore.
  我记得岸上的防御工事。
• He ran to the bulwarks as soon as the wave was passed, saw me, and lost me, and saw me again, as I tumbled in the roost.
  浪头一过，他马上奔到船上，看见我在汹涌澎湃的巨浪中挣扎，一会儿沉下，一会儿浮起。
• He had pitched, as I have said, against the bulwarks, where he lay like some horrible, ungainly sort of puppet;
  我刚才已经说过，他滑到了舷樯旁，像个可怕而丑恶的傀儡一样躺在那里。
• We should be securing our bulwarks, not marching into battle.
  现在是治国打根基之际，不宜战争。
• The prime cause of green bulwarks lies in the disequilibrium of socio-economy development between the developed countries and the developing countries, and the disequilibrium is nearly impossible to change in short period.
  绿色壁垒存在的根本原因在于发达国家与发展中国家不平衡的社会经济发展水平，这种不平衡在短期内很难改变。
• How will the agricultural product export face the broad technique bulwarks
  农产品出口如何面对国外技术壁垒