prop up

英 [prɒp ʌp]

美 [prɑːp ʌp]

架; 搁; 靠; 支撑; 维持

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 支撑；维持
  Toprop upsomething means to support it or help it to survive.
  1. Investments in the U.S. money market have propped up the American dollar...
     对美国资金市场的投资扶持了美元。
  2. On the Stock Exchange, aggressive buying propped the market up.
     在证券交易所，市场在大量买单的推动下有所上扬。
• → see:prop 1

英英释义

verb

• support by placing against something solid or rigid
  1. shore and buttress an old building
  Synonym:propshore upshore

双语例句

• They tend to reject further fiscal stimulus to prop up demand.
  它们不想通过进一步的财政刺激来扩大需求。
• The banks won't prop up the company if it shows no sign of returning to profitability.
  如果某个公司没有重新赢利的迹象，银行就不会支持它。
• Investments in the U.S. money market have propped up the American dollar
  对美国资金市场的投资扶持了美元。
• 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。
• I had to use bricks to prop up my broken bed.
  我的床坏了，必须用砖头支撑起来。
• American troops were sent in to prop up the regime.
  美国军队被派来支持该政权。
• It will not prop up your ego or console you when you are down.
  当你倒下时它不能支撑起你的自我或拯救你。
• Can it also help prop up banks 'equity capital market desks?
  但是，铝也会有助于支撑银行的股权资本市场业务吗？
• Money would prop up your head?
  钱能支起你的头来吗？
• The plan that prop up had ended the first batch.
  支撑计划第一批已经结束了。