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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

  • 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 this was partly to shore up support for the North American Free-Trade Agreement.
    但是这在一定程度上扶持了它对北美自由贸易协定的支持。
  • Clever, skilled employees require less management, constantly teach you new things, and shore up your weaknesses.
    聪明、技能熟练的员工无需太多管理,还可以教给你新的技能,甚至可以弥补你的缺点。
  • At the same time the intervention aims to shore up confidence among foreign investors in US dollar assets.
    干预行动的另一个目标是增强外国投资者对美元资产的信心。
  • 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 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。
  • The EBA had given those banks until April 2012 to implement plans to shore up their capital buffers.
    eba要求这些银行在2012年4月前采取行动增加资本缓冲。
  • We've got to shore up our budget, and bring down our deficits.
    我们需要削减我们的预算,将我们的赤字降下来。
  • And by bringing down the foreclosure rate, it will help to shore up housing prices for everyone.
    在降低失赎权比例的同时,它将有助于为大家支撑房屋价格。
  • Shore up the side of an old house to stop it falling down.
    支撑旧屋墙壁以防倒塌。