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prop up

  • v. 支撑，撑住：通过在下方或侧面放置物体来防止（某物）倒塌或滑动；支持，扶持，维持：给予（某人或某事物）帮助、鼓励或支持。

英英释义

prop up

  • v. support by placing against something solid or rigid

    同义词： prop shore up shore

以上来源于: WordNet

 柯林斯英汉双解大词典 

prop up ( propping, propped, props )

  • 1. 

    PHRASAL VERB To prop up something means to support it or help it to survive. 支撑; 维持

    例：

    Investments in the U.S. money market have propped up the American dollar.

    对美国货币市场的投资一直在支撑着美元。

  • 2. 

    →see prop

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双语例句原声例句权威例句

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  • We had to prop up the roof with a wooden post.

    我们必须用一根木柱子撑住屋顶。

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  • If necessary, prop up your feet with a footstool or other support.

    如有必要，用脚凳或其它支持物垫起双脚。

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更多双语例句

  • Ethiopian forces that intervened to prop up the Somali government were also accused of committing war crimes.

    VOA: standard.2009.07.31

  • Some have asked why companies like AIG were not allowed to go bankrupt, rather than the government investing massive sums of taxpayer money to prop them up.

    VOA: standard.2009.03.24

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