buttress
n. 扶壁; 支撐物
vt. 支援,鼓勵; 用扶壁支撐,加固
Buttresses are supports, usually made of stone or brick, that support a wall.
To buttress an argument, system, or person means to give them support and strength.
He sought to buttress some of his arguments with quotations from Mein Kampf...
他引用《我的奮鬥》中的語錄來論證自己的觀點。
The president's tough line is, however, buttressed by a democratic mandate.
然而,總統推行的強硬路線受到了民主黨釋出的訓令的支援。
1. a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building
1. reinforce with a buttress;
2. make stronger or defensible;
She would continue, faithful and reliable, to buttress up Miss Bulstrode's successor.
她會繼續幹下去, 忠心而可靠, 給接替布林斯特羅德小姐的人以支援.
The leaf axis arises from the leaf buttress and maintains procambial continuity in the central region.
葉軸也來自葉原基和在中央區保留的原形成層細胞.
We have to buttress up the old church as it is beginning to lean.
我們必須加固這座古老的教堂,因為它開始傾斜了.
Britain has released satellite data to buttress its case that the personnel were in Iraqi waters.
而英國則釋出了衛星資料以證明他計程車兵是在伊拉克水域.
You need more facts to buttress up your argument.
你需要有更多的事實來支援你的論據.