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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

  • 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。
  • Why does the government prop up housing prices so we have to pay so much?
    为什么我们一定要支付政府抬高的房价?
  • 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。
  • 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。
  • She said she has hired the best political team and needs to compete with unions that are spending millions of dollars to prop up Brown's campaign.
    她说她已雇佣了最好的政治团队并且需要与需要花费数百万美元与支持布朗选举的工会竞争。
  • 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。
  • The deal to prop up Greece has bought some more time.
    刚刚达成的希腊纾困安排,为欧洲又赢得了一点时间。
  • This year has already seen two aggressive steps by the federal government to prop up the economy.
    今年以来,为了使美国经济重振旗鼓,联邦政府已经采取了两个大刀阔斧的措施。
  • Either this is the one piece of the puzzle that I somehow got wrong, or other factors are working to temporarily confound fundamental economics and prop up the bond market.
    无论这是一件困惑,我有点错了,还是有其他因素的工作,暂时混淆基本经济学和扶植债券市场。