bolstered

英 [ˈbəʊlstəd]

美 [ˈboʊlstərd]

v.  改善; 加强
bolster的过去分词和过去式

过去式：bolstered　

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

• The strength of the American Republic has been bolstered by the popularity of its new president.
  美利坚共和国的力量，受到了新任总统人气的提振。
• The horror of high unemployment has bolstered equities because of its impact on corporate profits.
  高失业率之所以能提振股市，是因为它对企业利润的影响。
• Officials point to flagship projects that bolstered the economic independence of African countries and cemented friendly ties.
  中国官员举出了一些曾有助于非洲国家经济独立和加强友好关系的旗舰项目的例子。
• This conviction was bolstered by her own educational struggles and successes.
  这坚定的信念是受到她本身曾经历过的教育挫折与成功的支持。
• The US and three big emerging market countries have bolstered hopes for a global climate change deal this year by unveiling fresh plans to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
  美国和三大新兴市场国家公布了限制温室气体排放的最新计划，从而增强了在今年达成一项全球气候变化协议的希望。
• By supplementing IMF resources, this change would have bolstered confidence in the global economy.
  该改革方案本可以通过补充IMF的资源，提振全球经济信心。
• And yet Mr Sarkozy has bolstered the momentum of his reforms thanks to three largely unrelated factors.
  然而，得益于三大基本上毫无瓜葛的因素，萨科奇稳住了其改革的力度。
• 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。
• We took strategic adjustment of the economic structure as the main task of shifting the growth model, and raised the quality, expanded the scope and bolstered the momentum of development.
  我们把经济结构战略性调整作为转变发展方式的主攻方向，提高了发展质量，拓展了发展空间，增强了发展后劲。
• Until we have been through that experience, our faith is bolstered up by feelings and by blessings.
  没有这样的经历，我们的信心只是被自己的感觉和神的祝福而支撑。