释义 |
fortifyfor‧ti‧fy /ˈfɔːtɪfaɪ $ ˈfɔːr-/ verb (past tense and past participle fortified, present participle fortifying) [transitive] fortifyOrigin: 1400-1500 French fortifier, from Latin fortis ‘strong’ VERB TABLEfortify |
Present | I, you, we, they | fortify | | he, she, it | fortifies | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | fortified | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have fortified | | he, she, it | has fortified | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had fortified | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will fortify | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have fortified |
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Present | I | am fortifying | | he, she, it | is fortifying | | you, we, they | are fortifying | Past | I, he, she, it | was fortifying | | you, we, they | were fortifying | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been fortifying | | he, she, it | has been fortifying | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been fortifying | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be fortifying | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been fortifying |
- Concrete blocks were piled high to fortify the government center.
- Almost immediately this treaty was transgressed by the construction of fortified trading posts on the Platte River and along the Oregon Trail.
- Dislike of party lists is often fortified by dark suspicions about the quality of the candidates they supposedly include.
- Henry claimed custody of the child but her kinsmen fortified their castles and refused to hand her over.
- The occupying forces generally stay within their heavily fortified garrisons for fear of attack.
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