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
- Shore up the side of an old house to stop it falling down.
支撑旧屋墙壁以防倒塌。 - 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。 - The Russians have also intervened to shore up the rouble.
俄罗斯还曾入市干预，以提振卢布。 - To shore up profits, companies are cutting costs, and that includes money for new technology.
为了保障利润，企业纷纷削减包括新技术开支在内的各项成本。 - 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。 - Clever, skilled employees require less management, constantly teach you new things, and shore up your weaknesses.
聪明、技能熟练的员工无需太多管理，还可以教给你新的技能，甚至可以弥补你的缺点。 - On Sunday China cut benchmark interest rates for the third time in six months to shore up flagging activity.
上周日，中国在六个月内第三次下调基准利率，以提振疲弱的经济活动。 - 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。 - Shore up that left flank and keep firing!
支援左翼，保持火力！ - 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。