mindmap root((FORT)) fortify To strengthen.
🌱Fortified by a good night's sleep and a big breakfast, they set off for the final 20 miles of their journey. 🌳Medieval cities were fortified against attack by high walls, and volunteers may fortify a levee against an overflowing river by means of sandbags. Foods can be fortified by adding vitamins, but "fortified wines," such as sherry and port, have brandy （a "stronger" drink） rather than vitamins added to them. By adopting good exercise habits, you can fortify your body against illness. And fortifying needn't always be physical. An author's reputation may be fortified by the success of his new book, or a prosecutor can fortify a case against a suspect by finding more evidence. fortification 1、 The building of military defenses to protect a place against attack.
2、 A structure built to protect a place.
🌱The city's fortifications had withstood powerful assaults by catapults, battering rams, and tall siege towers that rolled up to release soldiers onto the top of the walls. 🌳In the Middle Ages, many European cities were entirely enclosed by sturdy walls, with walkways along the top and towers at intervals, designed to make an invasion impossible. A water-filled ditch, or moat, might run alongside the wall for added defense. Such defenses turned the entire city into a fort, or fortress. Over the centuries, fortifications changed steadily with the development of new weaponry. In World War II, the German fortification of the French coast included antitank barriers, bunkers, minefields, and underwater obstacles, but it wasn't enough to turn back the immense force of the Allied invasion on D-day. forte Something that a person does particularly well; one's strong point.
🌱Her forte was statistics, and she was always at a disadvantage when the discussion turned to public policy. 🌳In the Middle Ages, swords were often known to break in battle, so the strongest part of a sword's blade—the part between the handle （or hilt） and the middle of the blade—was given a name, the forte. Today a forte is usually a special strength. But no one can agree on how to pronounce it: all three pronunciations shown above are heard frequently. Part of the problem is confusion with the Italian musical term forte （always pronounced / f r- t /）, meaning "loud." fortitude Mental strength that allows one to face danger, pain, or hardship with courage.
🌱He's just too nice, and we worry that he won't have the fortitude to deal with the monsters in that office. 🌳How many people know that the famous marble lions that guard the steps of the New York Public Library in Manhattan are named Patience and Fortitude? In Latin, the quality of fortitudo combines physical strength, vigor, courage, and boldness, but the English fortitude usually means simply firmness and steadiness of will, or "backbone." The philosopher Plato long ago listed four essential human virtues—prudence （i.e., good judgment）, justice （i.e., ability to be fair in balancing between one's own interests and others'）, temperance （i.e., moderation or restraint）, and fortitude, and in Christian tradition these became known as the four "cardinal virtues."