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

• Large seat bolsters provide reassuring support during cornering.
  座位提供可靠的支持枕大转弯时不易。
• Dependency injection bolsters unit testing by enabling a mock implementation of a service to be world of warcraft gold injected into the service being tested.
  依赖注入工作台通过实现一个模拟实现服务成为服务注入到魔兽世界黄金被测试单元测试。
• Seriously, its like a super vitamin. It relieves muscle tension, improves your memory, bolsters your immune system and helps prevent heart disease, among other things.
  我说真的，笑声就好比超级维生素，会缓解肌肉紧张，提高记忆力，增强免疫系统，还能防止心脏病等等。
• At most, it bolsters the moral case for war, not the legal case.
  至多，它得到了道德上的支持，但不是法律支持。
• The Test and Research of the Fatigue Strength of Cast Steel Bolsters and Side Frames
  铸钢摇枕、侧架疲劳强度试验研究
• Some experts say that the study bolsters the case for stricter controls on ozone-generating emissions.
  一些专家们称，该研究说明了有必要采取更为严格的控制措施来限制产生臭氧的排放物。
• 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 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。
• This finding excites Alkire because it bolsters an existing theory of how consciousness works.
  这些研究结果令阿尔基尔十分振奋，因为它很好地支持了一个现有的意识运作理论。
• Analysis of the problems involved in the production of Grade B steel bolsters side frames for railway freight cars
  铁道货车B级钢摇枕、侧架生产问题的剖析