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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - All of China's largest banks have announced plans in the past month to raise fresh capital to shore up their balance sheets after an unprecedented credit binge last year.
过去一个月里，中国这些最大型银行全都宣布了筹集新资本以充实自身资产负债表的计划。去年，中国出现了前所未有的信贷狂潮。 - 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。 - The Russians have also intervened to shore up the rouble.
俄罗斯还曾入市干预，以提振卢布。 - Over the next few years we will also have continued profits from our normal operations and increased profit from Wing Hang Bank as well, he added. Our retained earnings will also build up, which will shore up our capital base.
未来几年中我们还将继续通过我们的正常业务盈利，并通过永亨银行获得更多利润。他补充说，我们的留存收益也将增加，从而会扩充我们的资本金基础。 - 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。 - 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。 - Shore up the side of an old house to stop it falling down.
支撑旧屋墙壁以防倒塌。