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buttress

/ˈbʌtɹəs/ /ˈbʌtɹɪs/

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noun

扶壁，支墩

A brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it.

Examples :

"The old church wall needed a buttress to keep it from collapsing. "

那座老教堂的墙需要一个扶壁来防止倒塌。

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noun

支柱，支撑物.

Anything that serves to support something; a prop.

Examples :

"The thick textbook acted as a buttress for the stack of papers on my desk, preventing them from toppling over. "

那本厚重的教科书就像支柱一样撑住了我桌上那叠文件，防止它们倒塌。

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noun

支柱根，支持根。

A buttress-root.

Examples :

"The oak tree's buttress-roots helped it stay firmly anchored in the rocky soil. "

这棵橡树发达的支柱根帮助它牢牢地扎根在岩石土壤中。

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noun

峭壁，悬崖

A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock; a crag, a bluff.

Examples :

"The hikers scrambled up the steep slope, carefully avoiding the sharp buttress of rock that jutted out from the mountainside. "

登山者们奋力攀爬陡峭的山坡，小心地避开从山腰突出的那块尖锐的峭壁。

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noun

支柱，支撑，扶壁

Anything that supports or strengthens.

Examples :

"The extra support beams were a buttress to the weakened classroom wall. "

额外的支撑梁是教室那堵已经变弱的墙的支柱。

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verb

支撑，扶持。

To support something physically with, or as if with, a prop or buttress.

Examples :

"The students buttressed their argument with evidence from the textbook. "

学生们用课本上的证据支撑了他们的论点。

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verb

支持，支撑，佐证

(by extension) To support something or someone by supplying evidence; to corroborate or substantiate.

Examples :

"The student used research from several books to buttress her argument in the essay. "

为了支撑论文中的论点，这位学生引用了几本书中的研究作为佐证。

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