bulwark

/bool-werk, -wawrk, buhl-/US // ˈbʊl wərk, -wɔrk, ˈbʌl- //UK // (ˈbʊlwək) //

堡垒,斗牛场,斗牛士,壁垒

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a wall of earth or other material built for defense; rampart.
- : any protection against external danger, injury, or annoyance: The new dam was a bulwark against future floods.
- : any person or thing giving strong support or encouragement in time of need, danger, or doubt: Religion was his bulwark.
- : Usually bulwarks. Nautical. a solid wall enclosing the perimeter of a weather or main deck for the protection of persons or objects on deck.

v.有主动词 verb

1
- : to fortify or protect with a bulwark; secure by or as if by a fortification.

nounfortification, support

Synonyms

In some communities, where many residents have pushed back on scientifically-proven measures like mask-wearing, local reporters have been one of the only bulwarks for the truth.
If just one of the Republicans win, the GOP will have a bulwark to Democratic control.
To do that, they need to win in states like Iowa and Montana and Georgia and South Carolina, which could be the bulwark if Democrats knock off Republicans in Arizona and Colorado and North Carolina and Maine.
So it’s logical to worry that by creating a huge distortion in the credit markets, the Fed could trigger a backlash from another bulwark of the economy that’s damaged by artificially low rates.
To Corey, at the Fred Hutchinson, the involvement of large multinationals like AstraZeneca and Merck is likely to act as a bulwark against the politicization of vaccine research and supplies.
The German Panzers fought with suicidal ferocity, storming the hill until it was rimmed with a bulwark of bodies.
And if they do, that will serve as a further bulwark against a return to bloc-to-bloc dynamics.
First, however weak the court may be as a bulwark against majoritarian tyranny, it is better than no bulwark at all.
What we most wanted in a policy was a bulwark against financial devastation from a catastrophic illness.
When a warrior is gone, that will be his best and only bulwark.

/bool-werk, -wawrk, buhl-/US // ˈbʊl wərk, -wɔrk, ˈbʌl- //UK // (ˈbʊlwək) //

堡垒,斗牛场,斗牛士,壁垒

n.名词 noun

1
- : a wall of earth or other material built for defense; rampart.
- : any protection against external danger, injury, or annoyance: The new dam was a bulwark against future floods.
- : any person or thing giving strong support or encouragement in time of need, danger, or doubt: Religion was his bulwark.
- : Usually bulwarks. Nautical. a solid wall enclosing the perimeter of a weather or main deck for the protection of persons or objects on deck.

v.有主动词 verb

1
- : to fortify or protect with a bulwark; secure by or as if by a fortification.

nounfortification, support

Synonyms

In some communities, where many residents have pushed back on scientifically-proven measures like mask-wearing, local reporters have been one of the only bulwarks for the truth.
If just one of the Republicans win, the GOP will have a bulwark to Democratic control.
To do that, they need to win in states like Iowa and Montana and Georgia and South Carolina, which could be the bulwark if Democrats knock off Republicans in Arizona and Colorado and North Carolina and Maine.
So it’s logical to worry that by creating a huge distortion in the credit markets, the Fed could trigger a backlash from another bulwark of the economy that’s damaged by artificially low rates.
To Corey, at the Fred Hutchinson, the involvement of large multinationals like AstraZeneca and Merck is likely to act as a bulwark against the politicization of vaccine research and supplies.
The German Panzers fought with suicidal ferocity, storming the hill until it was rimmed with a bulwark of bodies.
And if they do, that will serve as a further bulwark against a return to bloc-to-bloc dynamics.
First, however weak the court may be as a bulwark against majoritarian tyranny, it is better than no bulwark at all.
What we most wanted in a policy was a bulwark against financial devastation from a catastrophic illness.
When a warrior is gone, that will be his best and only bulwark.