SAT词汇的掌握是大家取得SAT考试好成绩的基础，今天小编为大家提供的是SAT真词buttress，以下是详细内容。

　　buttress

　　n.扶壁; 支撑物;

　　vt.支持，鼓励; 用扶壁支撑，加固;

　　第三人称单数：buttresses过去分词：buttressed复数：buttresses现在进行时：buttressing过去式：buttressed

　　柯林斯高阶英汉词典：

　　1.N-COUNT扶壁;撑墙;扶垛Buttresses are supports, usually made of stone or brick, that support a wall.

　　2.VERB加强(论点或制度);支持(某人)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《我的奋斗》中的语录来论证自己的观点。

　　例句：

　　1.In those circumstances, the temptation to prolong wage subsidies and buttress benefits will be great.

　　在这种状况下，延长工作补贴和支持福利的诱惑是很强的。

　　2.More government spending is needed to buttress industry.

　　为加强工业发展需要政府增加拨款。

　　3.Australia sells the iron ore that makes the steel that makes the girders that buttress china's buildings.

　　澳大利亚向中国出售铁矿石，而铁矿石制造的钢材制成的大梁支撑了中国的建筑。

　　4.Academics have concluded that japan's quantitative easing had little benefit except to buttress expectations that its policy rate would be zero for a long time.

　　经济学者的结论认为，除去巩固了有关维持长期零利率的预期之外，日本的定量宽松策略几乎毫无裨益。

　　5.One person close to the board said sir simon would now be given a deputy chairman's role, to help buttress corporate governance controls at the bank.

　　一位接近董事会的人士透漏骆耀文爵士现在将留任副主席一职，负责帮助加强公司治理。