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

• Shore up that left flank and keep firing!
  支援左翼，保持火力！
• 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。
• The government used subsidies to shore up farm prices.
  政府利用津贴去支撑起农产品价格。
• It may even shore up growth and lighten the public debt burden.
  这种投资甚至有可能支撑经济增长，减轻公共债务负担。
• They tried to shore up the failing economy by means of tax increases.
  他们企图藉由增加税收的办法来支撑起日益衰落的经济。
• 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。
• It has also stopped the authorities raising cash to shore up China's underfunded national pension scheme.
  产权市场的不发达还限制官方增发现金支持资金不足的国家养老金计划。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。