| 词汇 | bulwark |
| 释义 | bulwark noun[ C ] formaluk /ˈbʊl.wək/ us /ˈbʊl.wɚk/ something that protects you from dangerous or unpleasant situations: 保障 My savings were to be a bulwark against unemployment.我的积蓄将是我失业时的保障。 Protection and protectors adopt adoptable aegis anti-shark anti-skid chaperone defence mechanism den mother doorkeeper elder care energy conservation precaution preservationist ring-fence safe space safeguarding safekeeping safety net white knight witness protection Examples of bulwarkbulwark Indeed, racialism was far from a reliable bulwark of the imperial mission, or indeed of the exploitation of other races. This view is sometimes dogmatically defended, as if it were a bulwark of rational science against rank superstition. Their special contribution was to act as an ideological bulwark, not only against outsiders but against the fifth-columnists within. Their works extolled the middleclass consumer as sensible, independent-minded, and the bulwark of the nation's democracy. It would be their bulwark against tyranny.52 50. It also allowed him to associate himself with an image of the navy opposed to domestic disorder and as a bulwark against mob rule. The military, the bulwark of state power, was seriously demoralized and organizationally weakened. Diverse education is a bulwark against ignorance and prejudice; it finds commonality without erasing otherness. The volunteers are the main bulwark of the service, providing 2,184 hours of listening per year. As will be seen, in 1917, this district would also offer a bulwark of resistance against racial violence. The millowners valued the jobber primarily as an agent of discipline and control and as a bulwark against strikes. The bipolar confrontation that formed the bulwark of the global security system has ended. In all conscience and good faith, such individuals may draw upon their belief systems as a bulwark against the threats of mortal life and death. Domesticity's personal relations were a bulwark against the atomization and mechanization of the social body, and a means to preserving individual autonomy. It was for him a bulwark against schism and heresy on the one hand and a sure source of educated youth on the other. 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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