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

• 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。
• The soldiers kept their heads down behind the bulwark.
  士兵们保持头低低地在堡垒的后面。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Law and morality are the bulwark of society.
  法律和道德是社会的防御工具。
• 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。
• The new dam was a bulwark against future floods.
  新水坝是将来抵御洪水的屏障。
• The agency is our last bulwark against North Korean aggression.
  该机构是我们抵御北韩侵略的最后堡垒/最后防线。