propping

英 [ˈprɒpɪŋ]

美 [ˈprɑːpɪŋ]

v.  支撑
prop的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB 架；搁；靠
  If youpropan objectonoragainstsomething, you support it by putting something underneath it or by resting it somewhere.
  1. He rocked back in the chair and propped his feet on the desk...
     他往椅背上一靠，把脚搭在桌子上。
  2. He propped his bike against the bus.
     他把自行车靠在公共汽车上。
  3. Prop upmeans the same asprop.
     prop up同prop
  4. Sam slouched back and propped his elbows up on the bench behind him...
     萨姆懒洋洋地往后仰着，肘部支在身后的长椅上。
  5. If you have difficulty sitting like this, prop up your back against a wall.
     如果这么坐着有困难，就背靠墙坐吧。
• 支柱；撑棒；支撑物
  Apropis a stick or other object that you use to support something.
• N-COUNT 支持者；后盾；靠山
  To be apropfor a system, institution, or person means to be the main thing that keeps them strong or helps them survive.
  1. The army is one of the main props of the government...
     军队是政府的主要后盾之一。
  2. I had two props in my life; one was alcohol, the other work.
     我生命中有两大支柱：一个是酒，另一个是工作。
• N-COUNT （戏剧或电影中的）道具
  Thepropsin a play or film are all the objects or pieces of furniture that are used in it.
  1. ...the backdrop and props for a stage show.
     一场舞台剧的背景幕和道具
  2. ...stage props.
     舞台道具
• （橄榄球争球时的）第一排边锋
  In rugby, aproporprop forwardis one of the two players who position themselves in the front row when a group called a scrum is formed.
• 同propeller
  Apropis the same as apropeller.

双语例句

• This grand programme is partly aimed at propping up the slowing economy with massive investment in housing, infrastructure and transport networks.
  这些宏大计划的部分目的在于，通过在住房、基础设施建设以及交通网络等领域的大规模投资，为增速日益放缓的经济提供支撑。
• Past efforts have foundered as many countries have vested interests in providing lower-cost fuel to their citizens and industries, and in propping up sectors such as coal mining.
  由于在向本国公民和行业提供成本较低的能源以及支持煤炭开采等行业方面，许多国家拥有既得利益，过去削减能源补贴的努力均告失败。
• If you thought of the lethal interaction between banks and sovereign as two drunks in a pub propping each other up, the ECB has given them separate crutches.
  如果你把银行与主权国家之间的致命联系想成两个在酒吧里相互搀扶的醉汉，那么现在欧洲央行给了他们一人一根拐杖。
• Bankruptcy also beats the government's propping up the auto makers with hopes that the economy will improve.
  破产也打击了政府希望通过经济改善支撑汽车制造商的努力。
• Other gods are credited with acts of creation, primarily the act of propping apart the sky and the earth-gods who are said to have done this include indra, Varuna and vishnu.
  其他神被记入创世的举动中，最初是支撑的举动，天与地分离&据说是众神做了这一切，包括因陀罗、伐楼拿和毗瑟奴。
• The second threat is its role in propping up the eurozone.
  第二个威胁是德国在支撑欧元区方面扮演的角色。
• The emergency response involved propping up big institutions and ramming through mergers; hardly a long-term solution to the problem of too big to fail.
  应急对策包括支撑大机构和强力推动合并；却几乎不包含什么长期对策来解决大到不能倒（toobigtofail）的问题。
• Many younger Chinese must find it embarrassing that Beijing is propping up such an odious regime.
  中国许多年轻人肯定对北京方面扶持这样一个可恶的政权感到难堪。
• Mr Obama is propping up banks, managing car firms, re-writing mortgage contracts and chasing white-collar criminals.
  奥巴马政府扶持银行、管理汽车企业、重写抵押贷款合同、追捕白领罪犯。
• According to the article, Chinese workers deserve this honor for propping up not only the China's economy, but also the global economy, and at a time of economic crisis.
  按这篇文章说，中国工人支撑的不仅仅是中国的经济，而且还有全球的经济，并且是在经济危机的时期，他们应该得到这份荣誉。