buttress

英 [ˈbʌtrəs]

美 [ˈbʌtrəs]

n.  扶壁; 支墩
v.  支持; 给…以力量

复数：buttresses　过去分词：buttressed　第三人称单数：buttresses　现在分词：buttressing　过去式：buttressed　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.16474 / COCA.16275

牛津词典

noun

• 扶壁；支墩
  a stone or brick structure that supports a wall

verb

• 支持；给…以力量
  to support or give strength to sb/sth
  1. The sharp increase in crime seems to buttress the argument for more police officers on the street.
     犯罪率急剧上升似乎肯定了街上增加巡警的论点。

柯林斯词典

• 扶壁；撑墙；扶垛
  Buttressesare supports, usually made of stone or brick, that support a wall.
• VERB 加强（论点或制度）；支持（某人）
  Tobuttressan argument, system, or person means to give them support and strength.
  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。
  2. The president's tough line is, however, buttressed by a democratic mandate.
     然而，总统推行的强硬路线受到了民主党发布的训令的支持。

英英释义

noun

• a support usually of stone or brick
  Synonym:buttressing

verb

• make stronger or defensible
  1. buttress your thesis
• reinforce with a buttress
  1. Buttress the church

双语例句

• The president's tough line is, however, buttressed by a democratic mandate.
  然而，总统推行的强硬路线受到了民主党发布的训令的支持。
• 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。
• 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。
• Distal femoral fracture; Fixation, internal; Femoral condylar buttress plates; TCM therapy.
  股骨骨折；骨折固定术，内；股骨髁支撑钢板；中草药。
• It was decided to buttress the crumbling walls.
  人们决定建造扶壁以支撑崩塌中的墙。
• 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。
• The trend that economic globalization and service trade liberalization complement and buttress each other is irreversible.
  经济全球化与服务贸易自由化相辅相成、互相促进，其发展趋势不可逆转。
• The leaf axis arises from the leaf buttress and maintains procambial continuity in the central region.
  叶轴也来自叶原基和在中央区保留的原形成层细胞。
• Since then, most key indicators have served to buttress OPEC's argument.
  那之后的大多数关键指标都支持欧佩克的说法。
• Objective To investigate the clinical results of condylar buttress plate in the treatment of complicated distal femoral fractures.
  目的评价解剖型髁支持钢板治疗股骨远端复杂骨折的疗效。