firm up

英 [fɜːm ʌp]

美 [fɜːrm ʌp]

（使）更坚固; （使）更坚实; （使）更明确; 强化; （使）确切; 使（价格、价值等）保持坚挺（或稳定）

英英释义

verb

• arrange firmly
  1. firm up one's plans

双语例句

• Let's firm up the details of the contract at our next meeting.
  让我们在下次会议上明确合同的细则。
• Effective measures should be taken to firm up the prices.
  应该采取有效措施稳定物价。
• OPEC has agreed to freeze its global oil production slightly in order to firm up crude prices.
  石油输出国组织已同意对全球石油生产稍加冻结，以稳定原油价格。
• They've agreed to firm up their peacekeeping force.
  他们已同意加强他们维和部队的力量。
• Before watering the cuttings, you have to firm up the soil.
  在给插条浇水前，你得先把泥土压实。
• Firm up a contract, deal, agreement, etc It was finally agreed.
  使合同、交易、协议等达成最后形式。
• This time of year, as department heads firm up their budgets for 2012, is the right moment to negotiate a pay hike.
  在这个时候，部门经理要开始制订2012年的预算，这正是一个要求提高薪水的好时机。
• Astronomers won't have to wait that long to firm up their understanding of the outer solar system, though: Sicardy and his team already have occultations in hand from other Kuiper Belt objects.
  但天文学家们不必等那久来证实他们对太阳系外层的理解。斯卡德和他的团队已经掌握了其它柯伊伯带星体的掩星。
• "But they say if they try to stop him, it will only firm up his resolve," says an NBA source.
  “但他们说，如果试图阻止他，只能坚定他的决心，”一位NBA的人士如是说。
• The mixture will seem too wet at this stage, but it will firm up when chilled.
  混合物在此阶段看起来会非常湿，但冷却后就会坚硬起来。