bulwarks

基本解释

• n. 壁垒；船舷墙（bulwark的复数形式）
• v. 为…筑堡垒以防御；保护（bulwark的三单形式）

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• But bulwarks are often where people put lightning conductors.
  然而人们通常会在船舷护栏处设置避雷针。
• 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。
• As well as polishing its image on taxes, Switzerland is also trying to rebuild its reputation as a financial fortress by beefing up the capital bulwarks of its biggest banks.
  同完善自己在税收方面的形象一样，瑞士也在尝试通过加强它的最大银行的资金堡垒来重建它作为金融要塞的声誉。

权威例句

• For better and sometimes worse, these have been primary bulwarks of Jewish success in America.
  FORBES: California And The Jews
• Interior walls can be either movable and modular or easily constructed bulwarks of studs and drywall.
  FORBES: The House Goes Round
• It is commonly agreed that the rule of law is one of the great bulwarks against the exercise of arbitrary power.
  FORBES: Why Justice Breyer Should Steer Clear of Political Science

词组短语

短语

• green bulwarks 绿色壁垒
• trade bulwarks 贸易壁垒
• pigsty bulwarks 格子舷墙
• technique bulwarks 技术壁垒
• Stairs and bulwarks 梯及舷墙

英英字典

柯林斯英英字典

• A bulwark against something protects you against it. A bulwark of something protects it.

专业释义

法学

• 壁垒

交通运输工程

• 舷墙
• 防护堤
• 防浪堤
• 防波堤
• 甲板上的船舷

土木建筑工程

• 寨墙