Buttress
[ 'bʌtrəs ]
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n. 扶壁;支撑物;
vt. 支持，鼓励;用扶壁支撑，加固;
💡 词根助记
butt树桩；把柄+ress表名词 →扶墙
📝 例句
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 law is by its very nature a buttress of the status quo(J.William Fulbright)
法律就其本质来说是对现状的维持(J.威廉 富布赖特)
(architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower.
（建筑学术语）塔顶上一个很细的直立的尖顶。
massive head buttress dam
大头坝
buttress dam
支墩坝
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ 谐音“把垂死”:把垂死的伤员放在扶墙边
※ but-但是,tress-卷发:说是扶壁,但是一绺卷发就把它压踏了
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
-bat-表示“打斗”
常见变体有-bel-
📖 牛津释义
buttress
n
1 support built against a wall 扶壁. =>illus at App 1 见附录1之插图, page viii.
2 thing or person that supports or reinforces sth, or protects against sth 支撑物; 支柱; 支持力量
a country admired as a buttress of democracy 作为民主支柱而为人称道的国家
He was a buttress against extremism in the party. 他是党内反对极端主义的中坚分子. buttress, v [Tn, Tn.p]
~ sth (up) support or strengthen sth 支持或加强某事物
(fig 比喻) More government spending is needed to buttress industry. 为加强工业发展需要政府增加拨款.
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.
🔁 扩展释义
*['bʌtris]n. 拱壁, 扶壁, 支持物vt. 支持, 以扶壁支撑【医】 拱托; 蹄心增厚(马)
🌿 同词根单词
📖 同为「GMAT」词汇
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How do you tie it?
你怎么打的？
I will have done it by the time you come back.
在你回来之前，我会做完它。[将来完成时，表示将完成…，会做完…]
She has been helping her husband for thirty years now.
她已经帮了她的丈夫30年了。