firm up

英 [fɜːm ʌp]

美 [fɜːrm ʌp]

（使）更坚固; （使）更坚实; （使）更明确; 强化; （使）确切; 使（价格、价值等）保持坚挺（或稳定）

英英释义

verb

• arrange firmly
  1. firm up one's plans

双语例句

• Astronomers won't have to wait that long to firm up their understanding of the outer solar system, though: Sicardy and his team already have occultations in hand from other Kuiper Belt objects.
  但天文学家们不必等那久来证实他们对太阳系外层的理解。斯卡德和他的团队已经掌握了其它柯伊伯带星体的掩星。
• They lost a number of planes; the count takes a day or so to firm up.
  他们损失了若干飞机，具体数字要一，两天才能证实。
• Cycling is one os the best ways to firm up your thighs.
  骑脚踏车是使你的大腿变坚实最好的方法之一。
• Has her own firm up on11.
  她有自己的事务所，在11楼。
• This time of year, as department heads firm up their budgets for 2012, is the right moment to negotiate a pay hike.
  在这个时候，部门经理要开始制订2012年的预算，这正是一个要求提高薪水的好时机。
• All right, I'll rearrange the production schedule. firm up one's plans.
  妥善安排一个人的计划。
• "But they say if they try to stop him, it will only firm up his resolve," says an NBA source.
  “但他们说，如果试图阻止他，只能坚定他的决心，”一位NBA的人士如是说。
• Exercise for just 20 minutes a day to firm up even the saggiest bottom.
  每天只锻炼20分钟，即使最松弛的臀部也会变挺翘。
• They've agreed to firm up their peacekeeping force.
  他们已同意加强他们维和部队的力量。
• So the next time youre faced with a choice that takes self-control, clench your fist or firm that bicep. Your will might firm up, too.
  因此当你下次面临和自制力有关的抉择时，握紧你的拳头，又或者是绷紧你的二头肌，你的意志力也会随你的肌肉坚实起来呢！