shore up

• Фразовый глагол, означающий поддерживать, укреплять или усиливать что-либо, особенно систему, аргумент или структуру, чтобы предотвратить сбой или разрушение.

A phrasal verb meaning to support, strengthen, or reinforce something, especially a system, argument, or structure, to prevent failure or collapse.

uncountable · transitive · phrasal, separable

1. formal

   To support or strengthen something that is weak or in danger of failing.

   Укрепить

   • The government is trying to shore up the economy.
   • They used sandbags to shore up the riverbank.
   • The company needs to shore up its finances.

   Synonymsbolsterbracebuttressprop upreinforcestrengthensupportunderpin

   Antonymsdestabilizeerodesapundermineweaken

2. Reinforce physicallyformal

   To prop up or reinforce a structure to prevent collapse.

   Укрепить

   • Workers shored up the old building with steel beams.
   • They shored up the tunnel walls to prevent a cave-in.
   • The miners shored up the roof of the mine shaft.

   Synonymsbracebuttresspropreinforcestrengthensupportunderpin

   Antonymsdestabilizeerodesapundermineweaken

Base verbshore