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

• 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。
• 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。
• Draw thee water for the siege, build up thy bulwarks: go into the clay, and tread, work it and make brick.
  你应吸水防备围困，应巩固你的堡垒，踏黏土，踩胶泥，紧握砖型。
• 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。
• 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。
• We should be securing our bulwarks, not marching into battle.
  现在是治国打根基之际，不宜战争。
• Surgery and X-irradiation nevertheless remain the bulwarks of cancer treatment throughout the world.
  外科手术和X射线疗法依然是全世界治疗癌症的主要方法。
• 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。
• However, to fully realize the regional economic cooperation, the administrative bulwarks in different regions should be eliminated.
  然而要真正实现区域经济深度合作，必须破除地方间存在的行政壁垒。
• The pirates respectfully cleared a passage for him, and it was only when he brought up against the bulwarks that he spoke.
  海盗们恭恭敬敬地给他让出一条路，他一直爬到了船舷那边，才开口说话。