| 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。 |