bolsters

英 [ˈbəʊlstəz]

美 [ˈboʊlstərz]

v.  改善; 加强
n.  垫枕(长而厚)
bolster的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 增强（信心）；鼓舞（士气）
  If youbolstersomething such as someone's confidence or courage, you increase it.
  1. Hopes of an early cut in interest rates bolstered confidence.
     利率有望早日下调，从而增强了人们的信心。
  2. ...a number of measures intended to bolster morale.
     旨在鼓舞士气的一些措施
• VERB 巩固（地位）；加强
  If someone tries tobolstertheir position in a situation, they try to strengthen it.
  1. Britain is free to adopt policies to bolster its economy.
     英国可以自由制定政策以振兴经济。
  2. Bolster upmeans the same asbolster.
     bolster up同bolster
  3. ...an aid programme to bolster up their troubled economy.
     旨在改善他们国家经济困境的援助计划
• （垫在普通枕头下的）长枕，垫枕
  Abolsteris a firm pillow shaped like a long tube which is sometimes put across a bed under the ordinary pillows.

双语例句

• Bent or worn spindles and bolsters.
  锭子和锭胆弯曲或破损。
• Research on Structure of Body Bolsters for 200 km/ h Track Inspection Cars
  200km/h轨检车枕梁结构研究
• Install padding for side bolsters.
  安装侧靠垫的衬垫。
• While the government deal bolsters Citigroup's capital ratios,'we are concerned that losses may eventually exceed the government's backstop,'said Standard& Poor's equity analyst Stuart Plesser.
  尽管与政府的交易提高了花旗的资本充足率，但标准普尔（Standard&Poor's）股票分析师普雷瑟尔（StuartPlesser）说，我们担心损失额最终会超过政府救助的范围。
• Large seat bolsters provide reassuring support during cornering.
  座位提供可靠的支持枕大转弯时不易。
• Could use bolsters under elbows, helping to elevate the chest and deepen the posture;
  可以在手肘下垫上长枕帮助打开胸腔加深体式；
• The defects in bolsters and side frames of freight cars as well as the statistics results of cracking are described, and the causes are analyzed.
  介绍了货车摇枕、侧架的缺陷和裂纹统计结果，分析了产生的原因。
• If it bolsters england's cause enough to help the team to the final, someone may even decide to order a bottle of that extravagant plonk.
  如果这个地方能支持英格兰一直打到决赛，有些人可能会为这个奢侈的地方干杯。
• Governor Sarah Palin bolsters McCain's message of reform.
  佩林州长使麦凯恩关于改革的主张得到加强。
• The finding, published in the journal Nature Biotechnology, bolsters the idea that plants can be genetically modified to make people healthier.
  这项钻研效果在《天然生物工艺学》期刊上发表，支撑了转基因植物可以或许增进人类健康这类理论。