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

• 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。
• To support on or as if on crutches; prop up.
  支撑支在或犹如支在拐杖上；支撑。
• 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？
• I took all the sock of the buffet, then I just prop up at bed, didn't want to move, and also didn't to phone, I was unable to go to urge to stay again.
  小卖部的零食被我吃了个遍，然后撑在床上不想动，也没打电话过去，我再也无力去挽留了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Money would prop up your head?
  钱能支起你的头来吗？
• 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。