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backstop

英 ['bækstɒp] 美 ['bæk,stɑp]

解释

n. 挡球网；捕手；支撑物

※ 提供单词"backstop"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

英文词源

backstop (n.): 1819, in cricket, from back (adj.) + stop (n.). In U.S. baseball, from 1889, "fence behind the catcher;" figurative extension to "catcher on a baseball team" is from 1890. The verb is attested from 1956 in the sense of "support." Related: Backstopped; backstopping.

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例句和用法

1. Most reform proposals to date, however, still envisage a permanent federal backstop.: 然而到目前为止的所有改革提案都仍然假设政府会永久性地托盘.

2. He acted as a backstop in case anything went wrong.: 他充当棒球捕手,以防出现任何差错.

3. The government recently introduced an insurance program to backstop money funds.: 政府最近提出了一项保险计划,以支持货币基金.

4. Fisher .'Collateral should only be a backstop.: 抵押品应该只是一种防护.

5. You are the key backstop of any relationship.: 你是任何关系的核心基础.