bulwark

UK:  ['bʊlwə(r)k]

US:  ['bʊlwərk]

复数：bulwarks  过去分词：bulwarked  现在分词：bulwarking  

n.

1.露天掩体;堡垒;寨,堡坞

2.防御物,屏障,保障

3.保垒;防御物

4.防波堤

5.【造船】舷墙

v.

1.用堡垒防护

2.防御,保护

1 . In reality, France was no more supportive of the Tunisian regime than many others who saw it as a bulwark against Islamism.
有些人把突尼斯政权视作对抗伊斯兰教的堡垒的。事实上，法国并不比他们更支持突尼斯。

2 . Mr zu Guttenberg has done one big thing: ending conscription, which had been a bulwark of Germany's post-war order.
另外，古滕贝格还做了一件大事：结束征兵制度，这个曾经是德国战后秩序的一个壁垒。

3 . On foreign policy this long-standing member of NATO, with an army second in size only to America's, has always been a bulwark of the West.
在对外政策上，这个军队规模仅次于美国的北约老成员国一直是西方的守护者。

4 . the sure bulwark of your defense_a national militia_may be readily formed into a well_disciplined and efficient organization.
你们防卫的坚实堡垒——一个全国武装人民也可随时转变为纪律良好和高效的组织，

5 . Indeed, altruism would be a bulwark against arrogance and envy, two features that are incompatible with happiness in its purest sense.
事实是，利他主义将是对抗自负和嫉妒的壁垒。在幸福纯粹的定义里，自负和嫉妒是与之不相容的。