Vocab Bloom Hub

prop up

/prɒp ʌp/

翻译: 指支撑或扶住某物使其保持在某个位置,也指给予支持或帮助以防止其失败或垮掉。

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词语关系

verb

/prɒp ʌp/B2formal
  • zh指支撑或扶住某物使其保持在某个位置,也指给予支持或帮助以防止其失败或垮掉。

A phrasal verb meaning to support or hold something in position, or to provide assistance to prevent something from failing.

不可数 · 及物 · 短语动词,可分

  1. Support physicallyinformal

    To place something against a surface or object to keep it upright or in position.

    zh支撑

    • He propped up the broken chair with a stack of books.
    • She propped her bike up against the wall.
    • They propped up the fence with wooden planks.

    同义词bolsterbracebuttresshold upshore upstaysupportuphold

    反义词dropknocklaylowertopple

  2. Support financially or politicallyformal

    To provide support to something that is failing or weak, often with money or influence.

    zh支撑

    • The government propped up the failing bank with a bailout.
    • They propped up the regime with foreign aid.
    • The company was propped up by its investors for years.

    同义词aidbackbolsterbuttressreinforceshore upsubsidizesupportsustainunderwrite

    反义词sabotageundermineweaken

词形
  • propped up past participle
  • propped up past simple
  • propping up present participle
  • props up third person singular

基本动词prop

Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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