shore up

• Verbe à particule signifiant soutenir, renforcer ou consolider quelque chose, en particulier un système, un argument ou une structure, afin d'éviter une défaillance ou un effondrement.

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

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. formal

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

   étayer, consolider

   • 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.

   Synonymesbolsterbracebuttressprop upreinforcestrengthensupportunderpin

   Antonymesdestabilizeerodesapundermineweaken

2. Reinforce physicallyformal

   To prop up or reinforce a structure to prevent collapse.

   Étayer, consolider

   • 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.

   Synonymesbracebuttresspropreinforcestrengthensupportunderpin

   Antonymesdestabilizeerodesapundermineweaken

Verbe de baseshore