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

• 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。
• The new dam was a bulwark against future floods.
  新水坝是将来抵御洪水的屏障。
• 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。
• We have seen the necessity of the Union, as our bulwark against foreign danger ( bJames Madison)
  我们已看到联盟的必要性，就如同建立用来抵御敌国入侵危险的壁垒一样必要（b詹姆斯麦迪逊）
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Our people's support is a bulwark against the enemy.
  人民的支持就是抗拒敌人的堡垒。
• 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。