shore up

短语

支持

发音

UK /ʃɔːˈɹ‿ʌp/
CA /ʃɔˈɹ‿ʌp/
US /ʃɔˈɹ‿ʌp/
AU /ʃoːˈɹ‿ɐp/
NZ /ʃoːˈɹ‿ɐp/

词形变化

shored up shores up 三单 shores up shoring up shoring up 现在分词 shored up 过去式 shored up 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure).

    支撑

    支持

    比喻 及物

    They hastened outside between storms to shore up the damaged fence.

    He needed something bold and dramatic to shore up his failing candidacy.

    I shored up a geranium with earth after it had flopped over.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 3

shore prop prop up

上位词 4

hold support sustain hold up

下位词 1

bolster

词源

From shore (“to provide with support”) + up. Shore is derived from Late Middle English shoren (“to prop, to support”) [and other forms], from shore (“a prop, a support”) [and other forms], + -en (suffix forming the infinitive form of verbs); while shore (noun) is from Middle Dutch schore, schare (“a prop, a stay”) (modern Dutch schoor), and Middle Low German schōre, schāre (“a prop, a stay; barrier; stockade”) (compare Old Norse skorða (“a prop, a stay”) (Norwegian skor, skorda)); further etymology unknown.

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