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94
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232
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107
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108
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85
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116
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71
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223
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79
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25
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72
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72
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395
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70
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121
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116
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78
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138
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91
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117
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89
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62
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19
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124
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209
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60
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97
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74
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50
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82
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355
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32
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59
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41
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93
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94
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396
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63
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205
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196
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262
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56
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215
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35
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43
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76
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70
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183
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35
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328
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50
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182
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62
hang out
59
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117
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73
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119
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242
wavelength
504
indoor
269
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75
councilwoman
72
homogeneous
182
zone
403
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80
isolated
210
grafting
35
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grannies
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58
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coalman
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175
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57
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60
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40
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213
local
304
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casanova
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98
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89
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42
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93
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57
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62
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382
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30
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140
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226
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256
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32
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72
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78
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164
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96
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88
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69
bilberry
63
signature
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91
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make time
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ubiquitous
228
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205
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flow
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88
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221
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123
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66
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carcinoma
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fish out
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gasbag
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47
legislative
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extrude
114
conceal
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discourage
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leap
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doorstop
82
cellulose
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christendom
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cardholder
80
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202
disconcert
86
brandy
325
allege
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halfness
42
colons
29
lifetime
380
fender bender
55
greatness
51
cancerous
61
borax
73
bridgehead
68
ingenuity
125
impenetrable
146
astronomical
214
debacle
82
themselves
53
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136
bioweapon
87
feature
486
sluggish
144
Net
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amalgam
57
towel
351
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97
expose
427
revolver
275
zoologist
115
unintentional
123
shell
407
lever
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101
screen sth off
26
adolescence
118
rebuke
233
recount
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fascism
109
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pecker
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128
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58
pathetic
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commerce
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superfluous
253
acidic
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righteous
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bedtime
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exception
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brassic
55
humour
384
capitalistic
45
crawfish
56
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100
ahead
81
outcry
171
antagonist
116
dig over
42
kindness
416
sensible
395
Lodging
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Slogan
124
Polished
111
tenant
586
agonized
66
properly
286
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variously
109
rotten
336
gallium
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pedophilia
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sync
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belly
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aftershock
84
undertaking
409
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headway
99
buildup
85
rein
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specialization
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Never
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marriage
380
contract out
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potential
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124
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dike
69
trudge
231
W
91
genitalia
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performer
228
carbon-tax
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caption
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day-glo
52
modest
444
inclined
101
Devastated
254
grape
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COCA: 16275
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
buttress
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Construction
but
·
tress
1
/
ˈbʌtrəs
/
noun
[
countable
C
]
TBC
a
brick
or
stone
structure
built to support a wall
扶壁,撑墙,扶垛
Examples from the Corpus
buttress
•
For
centuries
it has been a
buttress
against the
onslaught
of Chaos from the
wastes
to the
north
.
•
On a
sunny
evening you can stay to
catch
the last of the sun's
rays
highlighting
Scafell's
famous
buttresses
.
•
Moreover, in the building of the great
Gothic
cathedrals
many new
devices
were
introduced
, including
flying
buttresses
.
•
Between the
chapels
radiate
the
forests
of flying
buttresses
.
•
Two
square
halls would give the effect. externally. of
solid
massive
buttresses
, while internally they would
serve
as
picture
galleries
.
•
There was a
narrow
stone
path
, Alexei now saw, around the
base
of the
promontory
beyond
the
buttress
.
•
Above
lies
40 feet of
delicate
ar
ête,
poised
on the
crest
of the
buttress
.
•
The
buttresses
of all
grades
are black and the
gullies
are trickling away into the
valley
streams
.
buttress
2
verb
[
transitive
T
]
formal
SUPPORT A PERSON, GROUP, OR PLAN
to support a system, idea,
argument
etc, especially by providing money
〔尤指通过出钱〕支持〔某一体制、主张、论点等〕
The evidence seemed to buttress their argument.
证据似乎支持他们的论点。
Examples from the Corpus
buttress
•
Others had been
Jacked
and
buttressed
.
•
To last for very long any social system needs to be
buttressed
by a
powerful
integrating
ideology
.
•
The
resistance
is
buttressed
by
dim
understanding
of how a
decentralized
approach
can
improve
matters.
•
Kotkin gave
statistics
to
buttress
his argument.
•
The example of Phil Gramm, who had a large war
chest
but could not move
voters
,
buttressed
his argument.
•
And the government's
recent
promise
to give the
central
bank
independence
should
buttress
its
authority
in the markets.
•
It
reformed
the
judicial
system,
buttressing
its independence, and introduced
parliamentary
scrutiny
of important public
sector
contracts
and
appointments
.
•
These effectively
buttressed
the sector against the kind of cutthroat
competition
raging
amongst
operators
.
Origin
buttress
1
(
1300-1400
)
Old French
boterez
, from
boter
;
→
BUTT
2
but
·
tress
1
noun
buttress
2
verb
Chinese
Syllable
Corpus
BNC: 16474
COCA: 16275
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
BNC: 16474
COCA: 16275
Oxford Learner's Thesaurus
buttress
noun
⇨
post
BNC: 16474
COCA: 16275
Macmillan English Thesaurus
buttress
Frames and supports for structures:
frame, foundation, support...
To support an idea, plan or person:
support, back,
get behind
...
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