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

• 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。
• The government used subsidies to shore up farm prices.
  政府利用津贴去支撑起农产品价格。
• The Russians have also intervened to shore up the rouble.
  俄罗斯还曾入市干预，以提振卢布。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Our most urgent task upon taking office was to shore up the same banks that helped cause this crisis.
  在我上任之初，最迫切的任务就是支撑那些引起危机的银行免于倒闭。
• 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。