| 单词 | bulwark |
| 释义 | bulwark noun[C] formaluk/ˈbʊl.wək/us/ˈbʊl.wɚk/something thatprotectsyou fromdangerousorunpleasantsituations: 保障Mysavingswere to be a bulwarkagainstunemployment.我的积蓄将是我失业时的保障。 Protection and protectors
Examplesofbulwarkbulwark Indeed, racialism was far from a reliablebulwarkof the imperial mission, or indeed of the exploitation of other races. From theCambridge English Corpus This view is sometimes dogmatically defended, as if it were abulwarkof rational science against rank superstition. From theCambridge English Corpus Their special contribution was to act as an ideologicalbulwark, not only against outsiders but against the fifth-columnists within. From theCambridge English Corpus Their works extolled the middleclass consumer as sensible, independent-minded, and thebulwarkof the nation's democracy. From theCambridge English Corpus It would be theirbulwarkagainst tyranny.52 50. From theCambridge English Corpus It also allowed him to associate himself with an image of the navy opposed to domestic disorder and as abulwarkagainst mob rule. From theCambridge English Corpus The military, thebulwarkof state power, was seriously demoralized and organizationally weakened. From theCambridge English Corpus Diverse education is abulwarkagainst ignorance and prejudice; it finds commonality without erasing otherness. From theCambridge English Corpus The volunteers are the mainbulwarkof the service, providing 2,184 hours of listening per year. From theCambridge English Corpus As will be seen, in 1917, this district would also offer abulwarkof resistance against racial violence. From theCambridge English Corpus The millowners valued the jobber primarily as an agent of discipline and control and as abulwarkagainst strikes. From theCambridge English Corpus The bipolar confrontation that formed thebulwarkof the global security system has ended. From theCambridge English Corpus In all conscience and good faith, such individuals may draw upon their belief systems as abulwarkagainst the threats of mortal life and death. From theCambridge English Corpus Domesticity's personal relations were abulwarkagainst the atomization and mechanization of the social body, and a means to preserving individual autonomy. From theCambridge English Corpus It was for him abulwarkagainst schism and heresy on the one hand and a sure source of educated youth on the other. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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