Word · Frequency #18948
bulwark
保障；保护
核心释义
A defense or safeguard.
- 1.
防御用的墙或壁垒
A defensive wall or rampart.
- 2.
防御物或保障
A defense or safeguard.
- 3.
防波堤
A breakwater.
- 4.
船舷上缘以上的舷侧板或装甲,用以减少海浪涌上甲板及人员落水
The planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard.
- 5.
任何防御或安全手段
Any means of defence or security.
壁垒；防御墙；防波堤；舷墙；防御用的墙或壁垒；防御物或保障
用法In use
Having a diverse investment portfolio is a bulwark against economic uncertainty.
用法提示：bulwark在这里比喻为'保障'，指起到保护作用的东西。
The ancient city's thick stone walls served as a bulwark against invaders.
用法提示：bulwark指具体的'壁垒'或'防御墙'。
Education is a bulwark against ignorance and intolerance.
用法提示：bulwark表示抽象的'壁垒'，起到防范作用。
a bulwark against [noun/gerund]
这是常见比喻用法，指能起保护或防御作用的事物；against 后接所防范的危险或侵害。
The new law is a bulwark against corporate fraud.
这项新法律是防范公司欺诈的屏障。
a bulwark of [abstract noun]
of 后接被保护、被支撑的对象，强调其根基或支柱作用；与 against 搭配时的区别是：against 强调抵御的对象，of 强调保护的对象。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- a bulwark against
- 抵御…的堡垒；抵御…的保障
- Education is a bulwark against ignorance.教育是抵御无知的保障。
- a bulwark of democracy
- 民主的堡垒
- A free press is a bulwark of democracy.新闻自由是民主的堡垒。
- serve as a bulwark
- 充当堡垒；作为保障
- The new law will serve as a bulwark against corruption.新法律将作为反腐败的保障。
- strong bulwark
- 坚固的堡垒
- They built a strong bulwark to defend the city.他们建造了坚固的堡垒来保卫城市。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
谐音联想：‘bulwark’像‘bull work’——公牛般强壮的防御工事，筑成城墙、防波堤，保护安全。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：政治与政策评论、历史或军事叙述、航海技术说明 该词比较正式、书面，多用于抽象意义，表示“保障、防线”，如 a bulwark against inflation；具体指城墙、防波堤或船舷侧板时，通常出现在历史、军事或航海等专门语境中。日常口语较少使用。
语法说明Grammar Note
常与 against 连用
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
These -ark words rhyme with one another (stressed /ɑːrk/), but they do not rhyme with bulwark. The -wark in bulwark is pronounced as unstressed /wək/, so it is a spelling lookalike, not a sound match.
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