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.- 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 democracies of the West may find it hard to shore up their defences.
英英释义
verb
- support by placing against something solid or rigid
- shore and buttress an old building
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - Shore up the side of an old house to stop it falling down.
支撑旧屋墙壁以防倒塌。 - 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。 - 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。 - The Russians have also intervened to shore up the rouble.
俄罗斯还曾入市干预，以提振卢布。 - 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。 - In Shanghai, government moves to shore up the markets continued to boost confidence.
在上海，政府的托市举措仍在激励着投资者的信心。 - 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。 - We have to find something to shore up the sagging floors, otherwise it would soon fall down.
我们必须找些东西去支撑那日益下降的楼板，否则很快它们就会塌落下来。