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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

  • To support on or as if on crutches; prop up.
    支撑支在或犹如支在拐杖上;支撑。
  • 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。
  • 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。
  • 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。
  • 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?
  • South Korea and Taiwan signalled yesterday that they would like state pension funds to help prop up share prices.
    韩国和台湾昨日表示,它们希望国家养老基金能帮助推高股价。
  • 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 government has stressed its reluctance to provide any tax-payers money to prop up AIG.
    政府方面已强调指出,不愿用纳税人的钱为美国国际集团提供支持。
  • This new initiatories a desperate attempt to prop up the economy.
    这项新举措中为扶持经济而进行的拼命一搏。
  • American troops were sent in to prop up the regime.
    美国军队被派来支持该政权。