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shore up

英 [ʃɔː(r) ʌp]

美 [ʃɔːr ʌp]

支撑; 支持; 加强

柯林斯词典

  • PHRASAL VERB 支撑;支持;加强
    If youshore upsomething that is weak or about to fail, you do something in order to strengthen it or support it.
    1. The democracies of the West may find it hard to shore up their defences.
      西方的民主国家可能会发现很难自圆其说。

英英释义

verb

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

双语例句

  • Swift action is needed on the part of eurozone members to shore up confidence in its crippled banking sector.
    欧元区成员国必须迅速采取行动,提振投资者对处境维艰的欧洲银行业的信心。
  • To shore up profits, companies are cutting costs, and that includes money for new technology.
    为了保障利润,企业纷纷削减包括新技术开支在内的各项成本。
  • The immediate aim is to shore up Fatah and avert a Gaza-style collapse in the much larger West Bank.
    这样做的直接的目的是支持法塔赫,以避免在较大的约旦河西岸出现类似加沙式的溃乱状态。
  • The government used subsidies to shore up farm prices.
    政府利用津贴去支撑起农产品价格。
  • But that does not mean the regime is altogether deaf to the need to shore up its international position.
    但这并不意味着伊朗现政权完全没有意识到提振本国国际声望的必要性。
  • Policymakers hope the move will shore up confidence and help shock the credit markets back to life.
    政策制定者希望,这项举措将提振市场信心,并使信贷市场恢复生机。
  • All month you'll need to shore up your strength, because when unexpected things happen, it'll feel like you were hit by a bus-you have to be strong enough to withstand the impact.
    整个月你需要你的力量来支撑,因为意想不到的事情发生时,它会觉得你被击中一辆巴士-你要坚强,足以承受冲击。
  • Investors were hoping the report would prompt Washington to take broader steps to shore up the economy.
    投资者希望这份报告会促进华盛顿采取更广泛的措施来支撑经济。
  • The democracies of the West may find it hard to shore up their defences.
    西方的民主国家可能会发现很难自圆其说。
  • On Sunday China cut benchmark interest rates for the third time in six months to shore up flagging activity.
    上周日,中国在六个月内第三次下调基准利率,以提振疲弱的经济活动。