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

• 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 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。
• Seeing Peter slowly advancing upon him through the air with dagger poised, he sprang upon the bulwarks to cast himself into the sea.
  看到彼得举着剑慢慢地凌空向他飞来，他跳上了船舷，纵身跳下海。
• 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。
• SA8000 is an international social accountability management system. The social accountability rules compose trade bulwarks. Its also superiority resource of international competition, from the aspect of development.
  SA是国际统一执行的社会责任管理体系，其规定的社会责任规则，一方面看来构成了贸易壁垒，而从发展的角度看则是参与国际竞争的优势资源。
• How will the agricultural product export face the broad technique bulwarks
  农产品出口如何面对国外技术壁垒
• 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 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。
• 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。
• I remember the bulwarks by the shore.
  我记得岸上的防御工事。