Word · Frequency #16026
fortification
防御工事；堡垒；要塞
核心释义
defensive structures such as walls, towers, or a fortress built to protect a place; also a fortified place or stronghold
- 1.
筑防御工事的行为；为加强防御而构筑工事的艺术或科学。
The act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places to strengthen defence against an enemy.
- 2.
由围绕据点建造的墙或土堆组成的防御结构以加强它
defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it
- 3.
用于防御的设施；尤指为防御攻击而构筑的工事；设防地点；堡垒；要塞；城堡。
That which fortifies; especially, a work or works erected to defend a place against attack; a fortified place; a fortress; a fort; a castle.
- 4.
加强防御的艺术或科学
the art or science of strengthening defenses
- 5.
通过添加成分而提高效力。
An increase in effectiveness, as by adding ingredients.
- 6.
为丰富目的而添加成分(如在葡萄酒中添加酒精或在食物中添加维生素)
the addition of an ingredient for the purpose of enrichment (as the addition of alcohol to wine or the addition of vitamins to food)
- 7.
偏头痛发作时有时出现的锯齿状图案。
A jagged pattern sometimes seen during an attack of migraine.
设防；筑城；强化；增补；锯齿状闪光（偏头痛先兆）；筑防御工事的行为；为加强防御而构筑工事的艺术或科学。；由围绕据点建造的墙或土堆组成的防御结构以加强它
用法In use
The ancient fortification withstood many sieges over the centuries.
用法提示：fortification 作为可数名词，指具体的防御工事。
Soldiers reinforced the fortification by adding stone walls and trenches.
用法提示：fortification 在句中作宾语，表示被加固的对象。
The town's medieval fortifications are now a popular tourist attraction.
用法提示：fortifications 为复数形式，指一组防御结构。
build/construct fortifications
fortification常用复数形式，表示多个防御工事。
The army built fortifications along the border.
军队沿边境修建了防御工事。
fortification against sth
介词against引出防御的对象。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- coastal fortifications
- 沿海防御工事
- The old town is surrounded by coastal fortifications built in the 16th century.这座老城被16世纪建造的沿海防御工事环绕。
- food fortification
- 食品强化
- Food fortification with iodine has drastically reduced thyroid disease.通过食品加碘强化，甲状腺疾病已大幅减少。
- build fortifications
- 修筑防御工事
- The army built fortifications before the winter offensive.军队在冬季攻势前修筑了防御工事。
- ancient fortifications
- 古代防御工事
- Visitors can still see the ancient fortifications that once protected the city.游客仍能看到曾经保护这座城市的古代防御工事。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
fort（堡垒）＋ification（化）＝堡垒化，即筑城防御工事。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：军事史、城防建筑、战略讨论 表示“防御工事”时，fortification 通常用于正式或书面语境，如军事历史、城防建筑和战略讨论；日常口语中较少使用。比较常见于描述城堡、要塞或战时的防御设施。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
All six words rhyme with fortification: each has the stressed sequence /keɪʃən/ at the end. Beware lookalikes ending in -tion such as nation or fiction, which do not rhyme because their vowel and stress differ.
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.