| 单词 | buttress |
| 释义 | buttress ['bʌt.rəs] noun countable ■a structure made of stone or brick, which sticks out from and supports a wall of a building 撑墙，扶壁 ['bʌt.rəs] verb transitive ■to build buttresses to support a building or structure 建扶壁加固 •It was decided to buttress the crumbling walls.人们决定建造扶壁以支撑将要倒塌的墙。 ■to make support for an idea or argument stronger by providing a good reason for it 支持（想法或论点）•The arguments for change are buttressed by events elsewhere.其他一些地方的事件肯定了关于变革的想法。 |
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