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 backstop ['bæk`stɑp]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 挡球网, 接球手

[电] 背向停止


  1. Goldman, for example, secured a backstop facility of at least$1 billion from Sumitomo Mitsui when it bought a stake in the Japanese bank in2003.
    例如,当它控股日本银行的时候,高盛[]得了三井住友财团的保证最低十亿美元的支持。
  2. The Johjima home run, the backstop's fourth of the season, extended the Mariners' lead after Rasner had seen Seattle open the scoring in the third inning.
    城岛的本季第四支全垒打,让水手队在三局下攻下的一分增加到了三分。


backstop
[ noun ]
  1. (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher

  2. <noun.person>
  3. (baseball) a fence or screen (as behind home plate) to prevent the ball from traveling out of the playing field

  4. <noun.artifact>
  5. a precaution in case of an emergency

  6. <noun.act>
    he acted as a backstop in case anything went wrong
[ verb ]
  1. act as a backstop

  2. <verb.competition>


Backstop \Back"stop`\, n.
1. In baseball, a fence, prop. at least 90 feet behind the
home base, to stop the balls that pass the catcher; also,
the catcher himself.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

2. In rounders, the player who stands immediately behind the
striking base.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

3. In cricket, the longstop; also, the wicket keeper.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

  1. 'If the Greek market sours, there will be a backstop bid for these bonds from Greek investors because they're tax-free,' he said.
  2. It's this backstop that makes their securities attractive to investors.
  3. It asked for comment on the feasibility of adopting "backstop" federal measures to take effect if particular parts of the state plan fell by the wayside.
  4. "Even the best day-care arrangements fall short of the need. When there are sicknesses or holidays, you have to have some kind of backstop," said the 36-year-old mayor, whose wife is a consultant and scholar on child development.
  5. Turkey's advantages are largely relative: Foreign investment is far simpler and safer than in the East bloc, good Turkey-U.S. and Turkey-Soviet trade agreements are already in place and, as a backstop, the Turkish domestic market is growing rapidly.
  6. "The reserve fund is a backstop," he said.
  7. While no guarantee, bond insurance is at least a backstop in these jittery times.
  8. The federally sponsored agency, also known as Farmer Mac, will have a $1.5 billion backstop line of credit with the Treasury.
  9. "There has to be some kind of FDIC backstop, and that requires some kind of FDIC control and participation," an agency official said.
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