buttress
英['bʌtrəs]
美['bʌtrəs]
GRE
Noun:
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a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building
Verb:
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reinforce with a buttress;
"Buttress the church"
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make stronger or defensible;
"buttress your thesis"
- 1. He sought to buttress some of his arguments with quotations from Mein Kampf.
- 他引用《我的奋斗》中的语录来论证自己的观点。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. She would continue, faithful and reliable, to buttress up Miss Bulstrode's successor.
- 她会继续干下去, 忠心而可靠, 给接替布尔斯特罗德小姐的人以支持.
来自辞典例句
- 3. The massive - head buttress dam has some attractive features for certain locations.
- 大头支墩坝对于某些地区仍有其值得注意的特色.
来自辞典例句
- 4. I don't think they have any buttress behind them.
- 我认为他们背后没有什么支持力量.
来自辞典例句
- 5. In the 1980 s this concept was used to buttress several so - called sectoral reciprocity proposals.
- 80年代这一原则曾被用来支持几个 所谓 部分互惠建议.
来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
用作名词 (n.)
- He was a buttress against extremism in the party.
他是党内反对极端主义的中坚分子.
- I don't think they have any buttress behind them.
我认为他们背后没有什么支持力量。
- To stabalize the building, the concrete walls next to the stairs are built as buttress walls.
为了稳定整个建筑,靠近楼梯位置的混凝土墙设置了扶壁柱。
用作动词 (v.)
- He buttressed up the argument with lots of solid facts.
他以大量确凿的事实支持这个论点。
- You need more facts to buttress up your argument.
你需要有更多的事实来支持你的论据.