英语释义

1. something at the back serving as a stop: such as

2. a screen or fence for keeping a ball from leaving the field of play

3. a stop (such as a pawl) that prevents a backward movement (as of a wheel)

4. a player (such as the catcher) positioned behind the batter

5. something or someone that provides dependable support or protection against failure or loss
As the cold war heated up, Hoover became the country's backstop against subversion.
— David M. Oshinsky

6. support, bolster

7. to serve as a backstop to

8. to play the position of goalkeeper for
backstop a hockey team

9. a fence or screen that is placed behind the catcher to prevent the ball from rolling away

10. something that is kept so that it can be used if it is needed

11. a fence behind the catcher to keep a baseball from rolling away

英汉例句

• Even as the market chorus calling for an ECB back-stop for sovereign borrowers grows louder, the ECB appears to be digging in against using its balance sheet to stem the contagion.

  虽然市场对欧洲央行支持主权借贷人的呼声越来越大，但央行似乎不愿使用资产负债表来抑制危机蔓延。

• Wild gyrations in stockmarkets; banks' share prices falling like stones; politicians stepping in to back-stop lenders for fear of collapse.

  股市剧烈震蕩：银行的股票价格像石头一样下跌，由于担心股市崩盘，政客们开始介入支持贷方。

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