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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The Supreme court, and the constitution, are bulwarks between this country's political identity and the bubbling cauldron of world opinion.
  最高法院和宪法是国家作为一个政治实体和世界观点的大熔炉之间的壁垒。
• In the response to the September 11 2001 attacks, many constitutional bulwarks were breached.
  2001年9月11日那次恐怖袭击之后，许多宪法壁垒被打破了。
• We should be securing our bulwarks, not marching into battle.
  现在是治国打根基之际，不宜战争。
• 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。
• 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。
• For a long time he was too happy to speak, and could only gaze at the sea and the sun and feel the bulwarks and the ropes, as if to make sure he was really awake, while tears rolled down his cheeks.
  他高兴得久久说不出话来，只会眼望着大海和太阳，摸着舷墙和缆绳，仿佛要使自己相信他的确醒着，脸上泪水滚滚直流。