backstops

backstops

美 ['bæk?stɑps] 　英 ['bækst?ps]

• n.托架；后障；【機】棘爪；【棒】擋球網
• v.擋住；支持
• 網絡逆止器

詞形變化

復數：backstops  過去分詞：backstopped  現在分詞：backstopping  

英漢解釋

n.	1. 托架;后障;【機】棘爪;【棒】擋球網;(擊球手后的)接球手
v.	1. 擋住;支持

英英解釋

n.	1. somebody or something providing additional support or protection in case somebody or something else fails 2. a screen or barrier to stop a ball traveling out of the playing area, especially behind home plate on a baseball field 3. a catch on a mechanism often designed as a safeguard to prevent it from moving back too far
v.	1. to give support or backing to somebody or something, or to reinforce somebody or something

例句

Markets remain fragile. Even Goldman would struggle to make money without the array of government backstops propping up the system.

市場仍然很脆弱，甚至于沒有政府一系列擔保扶持金融系統的話連高盛賺錢都勉強，而其他公司僅僅是掙扎在生存的邊緣。

Markets remain fragile, and even Goldman would struggle without the array of government loan facilities and other backstops in place.

如今市場仍然搖搖欲墜，如缺少政府貸款體制和適時地充當后盾，高盛將舉步維艱。