prop up

动词 prop up:

1. support by placing against something solid or rigid
   同义词：prop, shore up, shore

1. The government refuses to prop up inefficient industries.
   政府拒绝补贴效益不佳的行业。
2. It is not the government's policy to prop up declining industries.
   资助不景气的工业不是政府的政策。
3. The regime has been propped up by several monopoly capitalists.
   那个政权一直是受到若干垄断资本家的支持而维持着的。