bulwark
bulwark 英 [ˈbʊlwək] 美 [ˈbʊlwɜrk]
n. 壁垒；保障；防波堤 vt. 保护；筑垒保卫
进行时:bulwarking 过去式:bulwarked 过去分词:bulwarked 第三人称单数:bulwarks 名词复数:bulwarks
- A bulwark is a wall built for protection or defense. If you and your pals build a secret fort for girls only, you might want to build a bulwark to surround it — with a "No Boys Allowed" sign posted prominently.
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- n. 壁垒；保障；防波堤
- vt. 保护；筑垒保卫
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1. The US must offer to assist this healing process and bolster democracy in Pakistan as the best bulwark against terrorists.
美国必须辅助这个恢复进程，鼓励巴基斯坦的民主，以此作为对抗恐怖主义的最佳防波堤。
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2. Once Colonel Qaddafi assumed power, his message was unambiguous: he cast himself and Libya as a bulwark against what he perceived as the predations of the West.
从夺取权力那一刻起，卡扎菲上校发出的信息就是清楚明白的：他要把自己和利比亚塑造为一座抵抗其所谓西方掠夺者的壁垒。
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3. Japan's role as a democratic bulwark in Asia is thus more important than ever before.
因此，日本作为亚洲民主防波堤的角色就比以往更加重要了。
- bulwark (n.) early 15c., "a fortification outside a city wall or gate; a rampart, barricade," from Middle Dutch bulwerke or Middle High German bolwerc, probably [Skeat] from bole "plank, tree trunk" (from Proto-Germanic *bul-, from PIE root *bhel- (2) "to blow, swell") + werc "work" (see work (n.)). Thus "bole-work," a construction of logs. Figurative sense "means of defense or security" is from mid-15c. A doublet of boulevard.
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