propping

英 [ˈprɒpɪŋ]

美 [ˈprɑːpɪŋ]

v.  支撑
prop的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB 架；搁；靠
  If youpropan objectonoragainstsomething, you support it by putting something underneath it or by resting it somewhere.
  1. He rocked back in the chair and propped his feet on the desk...
     他往椅背上一靠，把脚搭在桌子上。
  2. He propped his bike against the bus.
     他把自行车靠在公共汽车上。
  3. Prop upmeans the same asprop.
     prop up同prop
  4. Sam slouched back and propped his elbows up on the bench behind him...
     萨姆懒洋洋地往后仰着，肘部支在身后的长椅上。
  5. If you have difficulty sitting like this, prop up your back against a wall.
     如果这么坐着有困难，就背靠墙坐吧。
• 支柱；撑棒；支撑物
  Apropis a stick or other object that you use to support something.
• N-COUNT 支持者；后盾；靠山
  To be apropfor a system, institution, or person means to be the main thing that keeps them strong or helps them survive.
  1. The army is one of the main props of the government...
     军队是政府的主要后盾之一。
  2. I had two props in my life; one was alcohol, the other work.
     我生命中有两大支柱：一个是酒，另一个是工作。
• N-COUNT （戏剧或电影中的）道具
  Thepropsin a play or film are all the objects or pieces of furniture that are used in it.
  1. ...the backdrop and props for a stage show.
     一场舞台剧的背景幕和道具
  2. ...stage props.
     舞台道具
• （橄榄球争球时的）第一排边锋
  In rugby, aproporprop forwardis one of the two players who position themselves in the front row when a group called a scrum is formed.
• 同propeller
  Apropis the same as apropeller.

双语例句

• The utility model provides a cocoon-picking rack, comprising a rectangular frame, a foldable support, and a propping up line.
  本实用新型提供了一种摘茧架，包括矩形框架、可折叠支撑脚与支撑线。
• Housing prices are still falling, but housing costs are propping up a key inflation index.
  住房价格仍在下降，但住房成本却使一项重要的通货膨胀指数没有降下来。
• Past efforts have foundered as many countries have vested interests in providing lower-cost fuel to their citizens and industries, and in propping up sectors such as coal mining.
  由于在向本国公民和行业提供成本较低的能源以及支持煤炭开采等行业方面，许多国家拥有既得利益，过去削减能源补贴的努力均告失败。
• You can usually find Jack propping up the bar at his local.
  你常常可以看见杰克频繁出没于他居住的那家酒店。
• This grand programme is partly aimed at propping up the slowing economy with massive investment in housing, infrastructure and transport networks.
  这些宏大计划的部分目的在于，通过在住房、基础设施建设以及交通网络等领域的大规模投资，为增速日益放缓的经济提供支撑。
• The innovative Shandong brings forward the new request for our original propping up mechanism.
  创新型山东的提出，对我省原有的人才支撑机制提出了新的要求。
• Short-term interest rates fell to historic lows, propping up consumer spending, but also fuelling the housing bubble and sowing the seeds of today's upheaval.
  短期利率降到历史低位，支撑消费支出，但也刺激了房地产市场的泡沫，为今天的巨变埋下了种子。
• Other gods are credited with acts of creation, primarily the act of propping apart the sky and the earth-gods who are said to have done this include indra, Varuna and vishnu.
  其他神被记入创世的举动中，最初是支撑的举动，天与地分离&据说是众神做了这一切，包括因陀罗、伐楼拿和毗瑟奴。
• The second threat is its role in propping up the eurozone.
  第二个威胁是德国在支撑欧元区方面扮演的角色。
• The emergency response involved propping up big institutions and ramming through mergers; hardly a long-term solution to the problem of too big to fail.
  应急对策包括支撑大机构和强力推动合并；却几乎不包含什么长期对策来解决大到不能倒（toobigtofail）的问题。