buttressed

英 [ˈbʌtrəst]

美 [ˈbʌtrəst]

v.  支持; 给…以力量
buttress的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：buttressed　

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

adj

• held up by braces or buttresses
  Synonym:braced

双语例句

• A buttressed wharf damaged severely after collision by ship.
  某扶壁码头被船碰撞后损坏严重。
• Even the anaemic world recovery predicted by the IMF is buttressed by a total fiscal deficit of 10 per cent of GDP in these countries this year and 9 per cent in 2010.
  即使是IMF预测的无力的全球复苏，也是由发达国家财政赤字支撑的：今年这些国家的财政赤字总计占GDP的10%，明年则占9%。
• Some analysts said the absence of a specific pledge by Bernanke to act as needed to help the economy, a standard feature of recent Fed statements, buttressed that view.
  一些分析师说，伯南克对于在必要时采取行动援救经济缺乏具体的承诺。最近的美联储声明是一个标准的特征，支持了这种观点。
• Trees, often very large and buttressed, rarely shrubs.
  乔木，通常非常大和板根，很少灌木。
• Domestically, ethanol production has buttressed demand for corn, putting pressure on land for other crops.
  在美国国内，乙醇生产支撑了对玉米的需求，但对其它作物的用地构成了压力。
• We also have a stable and fully convertible currency as well as a free and open economy buttressed by the rule of law and an independent judiciary.
  我们还有一个稳定和完全可兑换的货币体系，香港的法治和独立的司法制度更为经济的自由开放提供了有力支撑。
• It has become a truism, buttressed by the hard realities of economic performance, that the 21st century will belong to Asia.
  21世纪将属于亚洲，这已成为老生常谈，经济表现的现实支持着这种说法。
• You smile so cute! And the poll numbers seem buttressed by events on the ground.
  “这些民意调查所显示的数字在实际事件中得到了印证”。
• The bargaining power of these architects is buttressed by the spike in popular appreciation for architecture as an art form.
  双方的议价能力，这些建筑是建穗热门欣赏建筑作为一种艺术形式。
• Existing non-proliferation agreements should be buttressed with beefed up inspections and "real and immediate consequences" for countries caught breaking the rules.
  现存的防扩散条约需要巩固，可通过加强监管力度及使违反该条约的国家尝到“切实直接的后果”。