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

• Large seat bolsters provide reassuring support during cornering.
  座位提供可靠的支持枕大转弯时不易。
• 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。
• Install padding for side bolsters.
  安装侧靠垫的衬垫。
• Like similar sovereign wealth fund deals agreed recently by Citigroup and UBS, the capital injection bolsters Morgan Stanley's balance sheet following big subprime losses.
  与花旗（Citigroup）和瑞银（UBS）最近与主权财富基金达成的类似交易一样，在摩根士丹利蒙受惨重的次贷损失后，中投公司的注资将为其资产负债表提供支撑。
• Seriously, its like a super vitamin. It relieves muscle tension, improves your memory, bolsters your immune system and helps prevent heart disease, among other things.
  我说真的，笑声就好比超级维生素，会缓解肌肉紧张，提高记忆力，增强免疫系统，还能防止心脏病等等。
• 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。
• If it bolsters england's cause enough to help the team to the final, someone may even decide to order a bottle of that extravagant plonk.
  如果这个地方能支持英格兰一直打到决赛，有些人可能会为这个奢侈的地方干杯。
• 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。
• Governor Sarah Palin bolsters McCain's message of reform.
  佩林州长使麦凯恩关于改革的主张得到加强。
• The Test and Research of the Fatigue Strength of Cast Steel Bolsters and Side Frames
  铸钢摇枕、侧架疲劳强度试验研究