bolster up

• vt. 支持；援助；维持

英英释义

Verb:

1. support and strengthen;

   "bolster morale"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. She has almost nobody to take up for her.
   她几乎没有人支持。
2. The pillars hold up the masonry.
   柱子支持着石头房屋。
3. The regime had been propped up by foreign aid.
   该政权是靠外国援助维持著的。
4. Moreover, China is not the only country to prop up brutish regimes.
   这些增长反过来可能比西方支离破碎的援助计划更能帮助民众脱贫。
5. Castles in the air cost a vast deal to keep up.
   空中楼阁，要有一大笔费用来维持。
6. The regime had been propped up by foreign aid.
   该政权是靠外国援助维持著的。

近反义词

【近义词】

• bolster 长枕