词族 · backstop
词形变化
英语词源
- 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.
权威例句
- 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.