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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But that does not mean the regime is altogether deaf to the need to shore up its international position.
  但这并不意味着伊朗现政权完全没有意识到提振本国国际声望的必要性。
• Second, it has to shore up Europes banks to ensure they can withstand a sovereign default.
  其次，大力支持欧元区银行，确保他们经受住主权债务违约危机。