shore up

动词 shore up:

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

1. Any solution [to Soviet economic malaise], however, is hostage to the crisis of authority, creating a catch-22 stalemate between perestroika and glasnost, between economics and politics: any measure to shore up the economy only fans public anger and reduces the authority of the Government.
   不过，任何解决[苏联经济失调]办的法都受到权力危机的影响，在改革与开放，经济与政治之间产生一种自相矛盾僵持不下的情况：任何振兴经济的办法不过煽起民众的忿怒并损及政府威信而已。
2. He(Reagan) sent Secretary of State Shultz to Capitol Hill in an effort to shore up wavering Republicans.
   他(里根)派国务卿舒尔兹到国会山庄去给意志动摇的共和党议员打气。
3. In an effort to shore up support, Simon's campaign has borrowed$110,000 to buy time on Boston and New Hampshire radio and television stations.
   西蒙助选团为了增强(选民)支持，借贷11万元购买波士顿和新罕普什尔无线电和电视台的时段。