bolsters

英 [ˈbəʊlstəz]

美 [ˈboʊlstərz]

v.  改善; 加强
n.  垫枕(长而厚)
bolster的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 增强（信心）；鼓舞（士气）
  If youbolstersomething such as someone's confidence or courage, you increase it.
  1. Hopes of an early cut in interest rates bolstered confidence.
     利率有望早日下调，从而增强了人们的信心。
  2. ...a number of measures intended to bolster morale.
     旨在鼓舞士气的一些措施
• VERB 巩固（地位）；加强
  If someone tries tobolstertheir position in a situation, they try to strengthen it.
  1. Britain is free to adopt policies to bolster its economy.
     英国可以自由制定政策以振兴经济。
  2. Bolster upmeans the same asbolster.
     bolster up同bolster
  3. ...an aid programme to bolster up their troubled economy.
     旨在改善他们国家经济困境的援助计划
• （垫在普通枕头下的）长枕，垫枕
  Abolsteris a firm pillow shaped like a long tube which is sometimes put across a bed under the ordinary pillows.

双语例句

• Last week a team of Yale scientists provided dramatic new evidence that bolsters the theory.
  上周，耶鲁大学的一组科学家提供了一项引人注目的新证据。新证据能够支持这个理论。
• At most, it bolsters the moral case for war, not the legal case.
  至多，它得到了道德上的支持，但不是法律支持。
• Allowing them to retain more earnings bolsters their balance sheets and reduces their need to raise equity, which has been one of the principal concerns weighing on their share prices over the past two years.
  允许这些银行留存更多利润，可充实它们的资产负债表，降低股权融资需要。融资担忧是银行股最近两年承压的主要原因之一。
• Some experts say that the study bolsters the case for stricter controls on ozone-generating emissions.
  一些专家们称，该研究说明了有必要采取更为严格的控制措施来限制产生臭氧的排放物。
• Causes to Cracking in Bolsters and Side Frames in Operation of Freight Cars and the Preventative Measures
  货车摇枕、侧架在运用中产生裂纹的原因及防止措施
• As the Burmese regime bolsters its forces in the conflict zones of eastern Burma, the likelihood of disputes escalating increases.
  作为缅甸军政府主张缅军在缅甸东部区域的冲突升级，战争规模可能升级。
• The finding, published in the journal Nature Biotechnology, bolsters the idea that plants can be genetically modified to make people healthier.
  这项钻研效果在《天然生物工艺学》期刊上发表，支撑了转基因植物可以或许增进人类健康这类理论。
• Install padding for side bolsters.
  安装侧靠垫的衬垫。
• One recent Pew opinion poll showed 80 per cent support in Egypt for the idea that adulterers should be stoned, the kind of figure that bolsters the fears of those who worry that Facebook Egypt will be outvoted by fundamentalist Egypt.
  有人担忧埃及的Facebook阶层在投票时会被原教旨主义者压倒。皮尤（Pew）近期一次民意调查显示，有80%埃及人支持通奸者应受石刑惩罚的主张。此类数据会加剧这种担忧。
• This finding excites Alkire because it bolsters an existing theory of how consciousness works.
  这些研究结果令阿尔基尔十分振奋，因为它很好地支持了一个现有的意识运作理论。