Bulwark
[ ['bulwək] ]
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n. 保障, 壁垒, 防波堤
📝 例句
The new dam was a bulwark against future floods.
新水坝是将来抵御洪水的屏障。
Law is the bulwark of society.
法律是社会的保障。
The new dam was a bulwark against future floods.
新水坝是将来抵御洪水的屏障。
The navy is our principal bulwark against invasion.
海军是我们抵御侵略者的重要保障。
Democracy is a bulwark of freedom.
民主是自由的保障.
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
bulwark
n
1 wall, esp of earth, built as a defence 壁垒（尤指用泥土堆砌者）; 防御工事.
2 (fig 比喻) person or thing that supports, defends or protects 支持, 防御或保护的人或事物
Democracy is a bulwark of freedom. 民主是自由的保障.
3 (usu pl 通常作复数) ship's side above the level of the deck 舷墙（甲板线以上的船侧）.
🗣️ 情景例句
What's your mother's occupation?
你妈妈的职业是什么？
He doesn't think that beer tastes good.
他不认为啤酒的味道好。
She always referred to them as 'the shifting population', for they came and went with such frequency that I never even got a chance to learn their names.
她称这些佣人叫“流动人口”，因为他们来匆匆，所以我甚至都没有机会知道他们的姓名。