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firm up

/furm/US // fɜrm //UK // (fɜːm) //

坚守,紧紧抓住,坚守岗位,坚定地

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
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    firm·er, firm·est.

    • : not soft or yielding when pressed; comparatively solid, hard, stiff, or rigid: firm ground; firm texture.
    • : securely fixed in place.
    • : not shaking or trembling; steady: a firm voice.
    • : not likely to change; fixed; settled; unalterable: a firm belief.
    • : steadfast or unwavering, as persons or principles: firm friends.
    • : indicating firmness or determination: a firm expression.
    • : not fluctuating much or falling, as prices, values, etc.: The stock market was firm today.
v.有主动词 verb
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    • : to make firm; tighten or strengthen: to firm up one's hold on something.
    • : to steady or fix: to firm up prices.
v.无主动词 verb
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    • : to become firm or fixed: Butter firms by churning.
    • : to recover; become stronger, as after a decline: Stock prices firmed again today.
adv.副词 adverb
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    firm·er, firm·est.

    • : firmly: He stood firm.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as instabilize
Antonyms

Examples

  • That firm is owned by Cathy O’Neil, a data scientist and the author of Weapons of Math Destruction, one of the seminal popular books on AI bias, who has advocated for AI audits for years.

  • The firm that was portrayed, or at least was the inspiration for “The Wolf of Wall Street,” was Stratton Oakmont.

  • His firm didn’t make the investment, but when the former Economist science writer took over, the company was able to nab a seed round from PG&E and SoCal Gas, California’s two massive utilities.

  • He worked on Wall Street and then established a successful private equity firm in Philadelphia.

  • The firm wants Honor Court case files, “notes, findings and conclusions.”

  • First, his credentials: He did international mergers and acquisitions at Lazard, a financial and asset management firm.

  • But my sources, my young women and their mother, heroically held firm.

  • Indeed, as an almost purely advisory firm, Lazard is (appropriately) barely affected by the Dodd-Frank reforms.

  • Currier and Ives was a printmaking firm based out of New York City from 1834 to 1907.

  • Business questions are raised—who starts a PE firm and bails on it in a matter of mere months?

  • Louis stood firm, though pale and respectful, before the resentful gaze of Elizabeth.

  • Their glances met, she holding him always at arm's length by that grip upon his shoulders, a grip that was firm and nervous.

  • The Spanish troops did not care to venture past a block of buildings in which were the offices and stores of a British firm.

  • In fact, on the palm a small drop of blood showed distinctly against the firm, pink flesh.

  • Some of them, more imaginative, declared that Mrs. Charmington was even a sleeping partner in the saponaceous firm.