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

• We should be securing our bulwarks, not marching into battle.
  现在是治国打根基之际，不宜战争。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• As a WTO memberships, technique bulwarks of advanced country have become the important factors of baffling exportation of our country farm production.
  我国加入世贸组织后，发达国家的技术壁垒已成为阻碍农产品出口的重要因素。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。