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单词

buttress

读音
ˈbʌtrəs
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释义

n. 扶壁;山边扶壁状凸出部分;支持力量 v. 支持;用扶壁支撑(建筑物等) [ 复数 buttresses 第三人称单数 buttresses 现在分词 buttressing 过去式 buttressed 过去分词 buttressed ]

例句

Our only hope was to scramble up to this buttress, and dig out a platform at the foot of it on which we could pinch our tent.
我们唯一的希望就是爬上这支扶壁,在它的脚下挖出一个平台,在平台上安扎我们的帐篷。
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。
A wisely tempered tribunate is the strongest buttress of a good constitution.
一个明智的护民官能够成为好的政体最强有力的支撑。

强化记忆

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And there's also something that I want to show you.This is a flying buttress.Redwoods grow back into themselves as they expand into space,
Now, here we see a reiteration in Chronos, one of the older Redwoods.This reiteration is a huge flying buttressthat comes out the tree itself.
Once they’ve settled down, mangroves deploy tall, skinny stilt roots,crutch-like prop roots or wavy buttress roots,to support themselves in their unsteady terrain.
it was difficult to see the entire tree.So instead I'd study the buttress up closeand then climb up the hill to see its crown rising above the canopy.
that comes out the tree itself.This buttress is less than halfway up the tree.And then it bursts into a forest of Redwoods.
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MBA联考十五年,GRE填空及阅读机经,专八真题近十五年,经济学人(The Economist)