| 单词 | shoring up |
| 释义 | shoring up (once / 35282 pages) n WORD FAMILY shore up: shored up, shores up, shoring up USAGE EXAMPLESIt is prompting some brands to pre-emptively draft informal contingency plans, and others, like H&R Block, to spend money shoring up their reputation. New York Times(Dec 25, 2016) Shoring up the nation’s infrastructure sounds like a great idea. Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) But shoring up the wolf population may not be enough to prevent Isle Royale’s ballooning moose population from reshaping the island’s ecosystem. Nature(Dec 19, 2016) n the act of propping up with shores Syn|Hyper propping up, shoring support, supporting the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening |
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