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

• 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。
• We've got to shore up our budget, and bring down our deficits.
  我们需要削减我们的预算，将我们的赤字降下来。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Policymakers hope the move will shore up confidence and help shock the credit markets back to life.
  政策制定者希望，这项举措将提振市场信心，并使信贷市场恢复生机。