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。
• They buttressed up the old building as it began to lean at a dangerous angle.
  他们加固这座旧建筑，因为它的倾斜度已开始有危险了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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”。
• Trees, often very large and buttressed, rarely shrubs.
  乔木，通常非常大和板根，很少灌木。
• That reading was buttressed yesterday by fresh figures from Japan, South Korea and China, by far the world's best performing big economy, which was already on course for economic growth of at least 8 per cent cent this year.
  昨日，来自日本、韩国和中国的最新经济数据为上述预测提供了支撑。中国是迄今全球表现最好的大型经济体正朝着今年经济增长至少8%的目标挺进。
• Last but not least, monetary and financial solutions must be buttressed by structural reforms, including to unsustainable old-age pension and health care funds.
  最后一点也很重要，货币和金融解决方案必须辅以结构性改革，包括对难以为继的养老金和医疗保障基金进行改革。
• The court buttressed its decision.
  法院支持自己的判决。