bolster
英 [ˈbəʊlstə(r)]
美 [ˈboʊlstər]
v. 改善; 加强
n. 垫枕(长而厚)
过去分词：bolstered 现在分词：bolstering 第三人称单数：bolsters 过去式：bolstered 复数：bolsters
Collins.2 / BNC.9591 / COCA.6692
短语动词
bolster up
1. 巩固（地位）；加强
牛津词典
verb
- 改善；加强
to improve sth or make it stronger- to bolster sb's confidence/courage/morale
增加某人的信心 / 勇气 / 士气 - Falling interest rates may help to bolster up the economy.
利率下降可能有助于激活经济。
- to bolster sb's confidence/courage/morale
noun
- 垫枕（长而厚）
a long thick pillow that is placed across the top of a bed under the other pillows
柯林斯词典
- VERB 增强（信心）；鼓舞（士气）
If youbolstersomething such as someone's confidence or courage, you increase it.- Hopes of an early cut in interest rates bolstered confidence.
利率有望早日下调，从而增强了人们的信心。 - ...a number of measures intended to bolster morale.
旨在鼓舞士气的一些措施
- Hopes of an early cut in interest rates bolstered confidence.
- VERB 巩固（地位）；加强
If someone tries tobolstertheir position in a situation, they try to strengthen it.- Britain is free to adopt policies to bolster its economy.
英国可以自由制定政策以振兴经济。 - Bolster upmeans the same asbolster.
bolster up同bolster - ...an aid programme to bolster up their troubled economy.
旨在改善他们国家经济困境的援助计划
- Britain is free to adopt policies to bolster its economy.
- （垫在普通枕头下的）长枕，垫枕
Abolsteris a firm pillow shaped like a long tube which is sometimes put across a bed under the ordinary pillows.
英英释义
noun
- a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows
verb
- support and strengthen
- bolster morale
- add padding to
- pad the seat of the chair
- prop up with a pillow or bolster
双语例句
- Larger investments are also vital to bolster research and development of much needed drugs, diagnostic tools and vaccines.
投入更多的资金用于支持研发急需的药物、诊断工具和疫苗，这也是至关重要的。 - Can rest elbows on a bolster;
可以把手肘枕在长枕上； - Despite their financial squeeze, provincial governments have pledged to increase fixed asset investment this year to bolster growth.
尽管财政困难，但一些省级政府已承诺，今年将增加固定资产投资以支撑增长。 - Hong Kong also used the time it bought to bolster its defences.
香港还利用买股票赢得的时间提高了防御能力。 - He expects the younger Kim to intensify tension with Seoul to bolster his weak power base.
他估计金正银会通过加剧和首尔的紧张关系来强化其软弱的政治基础。 - We find a place of freedom with no self to defend or bolster.
我们会发现一处自在的本地风光，没有一个我在防卫或也不需任何依靠。 - His score will bolster his confidence for the next match.
他的得分将增强他对下一场比赛的信心。 - This is an excellent way to bolster your affiliate earnings.
这是一个很好的方式，以增强您的个人收入。 - His recreation of the city is credible, with a substratum of fact to bolster the fiction.
他对该城历史的再现是可信的，虚构的小说情节隐念着一些事实作为支撑。 - Bolster your chances of getting hired by using your leverage points to identify where you best fit.
利用你的优势来证明你最适合得到的位置，这样可以增大你被雇佣的机会。