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

• 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。
• Shore up the side of an old house to stop it falling down.
  支撑旧屋墙壁以防倒塌。
• Shore up that left flank and keep firing!
  支援左翼，保持火力！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The Russians have also intervened to shore up the rouble.
  俄罗斯还曾入市干预，以提振卢布。
• Over the next few years we will also have continued profits from our normal operations and increased profit from Wing Hang Bank as well, he added. Our retained earnings will also build up, which will shore up our capital base.
  未来几年中我们还将继续通过我们的正常业务盈利，并通过永亨银行获得更多利润。他补充说，我们的留存收益也将增加，从而会扩充我们的资本金基础。
• 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。
• Government interventions to shore up the housing market add an extra element of unpredictability.
  政府支撑房地产市场的干预行动则为其增添了额外的不可预知性。