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bolstered

/bohl-ster/US // ˈboʊl stər //UK // (ˈbəʊlstə) //

得到支持的,增强的,支持的,得到支持

Related Words

help帮助,帮忙,帮忙的,帮助的buttress对接,对接点,对接的方式strengthen加强,强化,增强,巩固support支持,支助,支撑,支持率cushion垫子,坐垫,靠垫,缓冲reinforce增援,加强,加固,增兵maintain保持,维持,维护,维护好sustain维持,保持,持续,持续的aid援助boost推动,促进,促进发展,催促buoy浮标,浮泡,浮力shore up补足,支撑,补强,补给uphold支持,坚持,维护,拥护bulwark堡垒,斗牛场,斗牛士,壁垒assist帮助,协助,辅助,辅佐stay逗留,保持,逗留时间,留carry携带,搬运,携带物品,运送prop榰brace撑腰,绷带,撑起,撑pillow枕头,枕木,枕套,枕边人

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
    • : anything resembling this in form or in use as a support.
    • : any pillow, cushion, or pad.
    • : Nautical. Also called bolster plate .a circular casting on the side of a vessel, through which an anchor chain passes.a timber used as a temporary support.a beam for holding lines or rigging without chafing.a bag filled with buoyant material, fitted into a small boat.
    • : Metalworking. an anvillike support for the lower die of a drop forge.
    • : Masonry. a timber or the like connecting two ribs of a centering.a chisel with a blade splayed toward the edge, used for cutting bricks.
    • : Carpentry. a horizontal timber on a post for lessening the free span of a beam.
    • : a structural member on which one end of a bridge truss rests.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to support with or as with a pillow or cushion.
    • : to add to, support, or uphold: They bolstered their morale by singing. He bolstered up his claim with new evidence.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbhelp
Synonyms
aid援助boost推动,促进,促进发展,催促buoy浮标,浮泡,浮力buttress对接,对接点,对接的方式cushion垫子,坐垫,靠垫,缓冲help帮助,帮忙,帮忙的,帮助的maintain保持,维持,维护,维护好reinforce增援,加强,加固,增兵shore up补足,支撑,补强,补给strengthen加强,强化,增强,巩固support支持,支助,支撑,支持率sustain维持,保持,持续,持续的assist帮助,协助,辅助,辅佐brace撑腰,绷带,撑起,撑bulwark堡垒,斗牛场,斗牛士,壁垒carry携带,搬运,携带物品,运送pillow枕头,枕木,枕套,枕边人prop榰stay逗留,保持,逗留时间,留uphold支持,坚持,维护,拥护bear up忍耐,忍受,承担,忍受着buck up奋起直追,鼓起勇气,鼓起勇气来,抬头挺胸hold up举起,抬起,举出,抬头pick up捡起,拾起,拿起,捡拾

Examples

  • Many advocates want those changed, adjusted, or bolstered, and the only way to do that is to open up the bill and reauthorize it.

  • Bolstered by the momentum of Savage, Masters continued to accumulate up-and-coming conservative talent.

  • It needs re-bolstered, strong voices at the table (Kathy Griffin, pretty please), or it will sink.

  • And they were responsive, and that only bolstered my brainstorming sessions, so the next time I came in with more ideas.

  • Traditional employment sectors like these  have   bolstered urban economies in Houston, Oklahoma City, Dallas-Ft.

  • When she was partially recovered, it was curious to see her sitting bolstered up in bed, with so many pets around her.

  • The loan being thus bolstered up rose to four and a half per cent premium.

  • Having come to this conclusion in the way indicated, they then bolstered it up with arguments to justify it positively.

  • She was almost in tears, from her fright; yet still bolstered her courage with the thought: "For my father and mother!"

  • Elinor was bolstered up in bed, looking like a wan, despairing woman of fifty, instead of a girl of twenty-two.

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