buttressing
present participle ofbuttress
| 单词 | buttressing |
| 释义 | buttressing present participle ofbuttress buttress verb[T] uk/ˈbʌt.rəs/us/ˈbʌt.rəs/tobuildbuttresses tosupportabuildingorstructure: It wasdecidedto buttress thecrumblingwalls. to makesupportfor anideaorargumentstrongerbyprovidinga goodreasonfor it: Theargumentsforchangeare buttressed byeventselsewhere. Physical supports and supporting
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Backing, supporting & defending Examplesofbuttressingbuttressing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Nevertheless, these authors have stopped short of specifying the market argument in more detail andbuttressingit with empirical work. From theCambridge English Corpus Ideas and their political advocacy do not simply serve as constraints in the welfare restructuring process,buttressingthe status quo and locking-in popular welfare institutions. From theCambridge English Corpus When stem diameter could not be obtained in the field due to irregular trunks orbuttressing, diameters from the 1995 census were used. From theCambridge English Corpus Figure 19 shows, greatly exaggerated, the way a dome might crack if its supporting structure (buttressinghalf-domes or arches, for example) gave way slightly. From theCambridge English Corpus Patterns ofbuttressingin tropical trees vary greatly within and among species. From theCambridge English Corpus If there was a trunk anomaly at 1.3 m, such asbuttressing, the stem diameter measurement was taken directly above the anomaly. From theCambridge English Corpus We still know little about the life histories of most rainforest tree species, and life history crises may not be the only determinant ofbuttressingbehaviour. From theCambridge English Corpus I propose a reworked evolutionary genetic model of schizophrenia, drawing on insights from commentators,buttressingmy claim that psychosis is a costly consequence of sophisticated social cognition in humans. From theCambridge English Corpus Home industry promoters hoped that in rekindling them they could promote a parallel revival of the rural family,buttressingrural home life, and upholding the home as women's space. From theCambridge English Corpus I think it even more important to give statutorybuttressingto the inclusion of education. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 To the extent that they are acting at all, they arebuttressingextremist attitudes and upholding practices that long since should have been discarded. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I fear that any future contract will need some kind ofbuttressingwith some form of statutory sanctions if it is to work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I repeat: such legislation is intended to reafirm the law, to consolidate it in the dictionary sense ofbuttressingand cementing it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This list of methods ofbuttressingthe existing system was not taken by me at random but found a proper documentary origin. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that to be a classic example of aidbuttressingpeace. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 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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