buttress
/ˈbʌtrəs/ (bre, ipa) · [bˈʌtrəs] /ˈbʌtrəs/ (ame, ipa) · [bˈʌtrəs] /ˈbə-trəs How to pronounce buttress (audio)/ (ame, mw) · /ˈbʌt.rəs/ (bre, ipa) · [bˈʌtrəs] /ˈbʌt.rəs/ (ame, ipa)
buttress — 名詞
- buttresssingular
- buttressesplural
1. A thick outside support built against a wall to help a large building stay firm.
扶壁
建築外牆的突出支撐構造
A thick outside support built against a wall to help a large building stay firm.
Visitors stopped to photograph the stone buttress beside the abbey door.
遊客停下來拍攝修道院門旁的石造扶壁。
stone buttress beside an exterior wall
Engineers checked each buttress before the cathedral reopened after the earthquake.
工程師在大教堂震後重新開放前檢查了每一座扶壁。
A narrow buttress held the old library wall through another winter storm.
一道狹窄的扶壁讓老圖書館的牆又撐過了一場冬季暴風雨。
The guide pointed out a flying buttress above the chapel roof.
導覽員指出小教堂屋頂上方的一道飛扶壁。
用法筆記
Usually used for church, castle, or other large masonry buildings. Writers often mention the material or the exact part of the wall that the buttress steadies.
buttress — 動詞
- buttresspresent simple I / you / we / they
- buttresseshe / she / it
- buttressedpast simple
- buttressing-ing form
1. To strengthen a wall or similar structure by adding a solid outside support to i
設扶壁
在牆外加建支撐構造
To strengthen a wall or similar structure by adding a solid outside support to it.
Workers buttressed the river wall with concrete side supports before the rainy season.
工人在雨季前替河堤牆加設混凝土側扶壁。
buttress + structure + with + support
The crew buttressed the tunnel entrance after loose rocks fell overnight.
碎石在夜裡掉落後，工班替隧道入口加設了扶壁。
Restorers buttressed the cracked tower so the bells could ring safely.
修復人員替龜裂的塔身加上扶壁，好讓鐘聲能安全敲響。
Builders buttressed the sea wall before winter waves hit the harbor.
建築工人在冬浪襲擊港口前替海堤加設了扶壁。
- weaken
to make a structure less strong
文法句型
buttress + structure
buttress + structure + with + material/support
用法筆記
Mostly used in architecture, engineering, and restoration writing. The object is usually a wall, tower, bridge, or entrance that needs extra structural strength.
2. To make an opinion, case, or plan more convincing by adding facts or reasons in
佐證；強化
用事實或理由使主張更站得住腳
To make an opinion, case, or plan more convincing by adding facts or reasons in its favor.
Jabari buttressed his proposal with cost figures from three local suppliers.
Jabari 用三家在地供應商的成本數字來佐證自己的提案。
buttress + proposal + with + evidence
The report buttresses the mayor's argument that buses need later service.
這份報告強化了市長主張公車應延後收班的論點。
Lawyers buttressed their case with phone records and bank messages.
律師用通話紀錄和銀行訊息來佐證他們的案子。
New survey results buttress the school's plan to add another science lab.
新的調查結果強化了學校增設一間科學實驗室的計畫。
- undermine
to make a claim or plan seem weaker
文法句型
buttress + argument/claim/case
buttress + object + with + evidence/reasons
用法筆記
Common in formal writing about arguments, policies, and research. The object is usually a claim, case, plan, or proposal, often followed by 'with' plus the supporting detail.