prop up

英 [prɒp ʌp]

美 [prɑːp ʌp]

架; 搁; 靠; 支撑; 维持

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 支撑；维持
  Toprop upsomething means to support it or help it to survive.
  1. Investments in the U.S. money market have propped up the American dollar...
     对美国资金市场的投资扶持了美元。
  2. On the Stock Exchange, aggressive buying propped the market up.
     在证券交易所，市场在大量买单的推动下有所上扬。
• → see:prop 1

英英释义

verb

• support by placing against something solid or rigid
  1. shore and buttress an old building
  Synonym:propshore upshore

双语例句

• The deal to prop up Greece has bought some more time.
  刚刚达成的希腊纾困安排，为欧洲又赢得了一点时间。
• It is not the government's policy to prop up declining industries.
  资助不景气的工业不是政府的政策。
• This year has already seen two aggressive steps by the federal government to prop up the economy.
  今年以来，为了使美国经济重振旗鼓，联邦政府已经采取了两个大刀阔斧的措施。
• If necessary, prop up your feet with a footstool or other support.
  如有必要，用脚凳或其它支持物垫起双脚。
• She said she has hired the best political team and needs to compete with unions that are spending millions of dollars to prop up Brown's campaign.
  她说她已雇佣了最好的政治团队并且需要与需要花费数百万美元与支持布朗选举的工会竞争。
• I had to use bricks to prop up my broken bed.
  我的床坏了，必须用砖头支撑起来。
• We should prop up the fence.
  我们应该用东西支撑住这栅栏。
• The plan that prop up had ended the first batch.
  支撑计划第一批已经结束了。
• Investments in the U.S. money market have propped up the American dollar
  对美国资金市场的投资扶持了美元。
• Governments have battled to prop up their banks, committing trillions of dollars in the process.
  各国政府均奋力支撑其银行，并在这一过程中为数万亿美元提供担保。