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
- 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。 - 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。 - The Russians have also intervened to shore up the rouble.
俄罗斯还曾入市干预,以提振卢布。 - 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。 - Moves by governments and regulators around the world to shore up banking systems and financial markets risked a push towards financial protectionism, the like of which had not been seen since before the Second World War, a leading group of bankers warned yesterday.
一个领先的银行家小组昨日警告,世界各国政府和监管机构为支撑银行体系和金融市场而采取的行动,可能导致金融保护主义,其程度之严重,可能是从二战爆发前以来所未见的。 - Shore up the side of an old house to stop it falling down.
支撑旧屋墙壁以防倒塌。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。