bolstered

英 [ˈbəʊlstəd]

美 [ˈboʊlstərd]

v.  改善; 加强
bolster的过去分词和过去式

过去式：bolstered　

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

• Sentiment was further bolstered by news of an unexpected interest rate cut from the European Central Bank.
  欧洲央行（ecb）意外降息的消息也鼓舞了市场情绪。
• 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。
• Yet the financial crisis has changed attitudes in Beijing and bolstered support for China to seek a greater international role for its currency.
  然而，全球金融危机改变了北京方面的态度，中国推动人民币进一步国际化的计划也得到了更多支持。
• We have no choice but to believe them, and our confidence is bolstered by the seriousness with which they take themselves.
  我们别无选择，只能相信他们，我们的信心是支撑的严重性，他们采取自己。
• Even so, bolstered by newer campaigning unions, the economic struggle can be waged hopefully.
  即便如此，在较新的维权工会的支持下，经济斗争仍有希望发动起来。
• Perhaps most important, the average worker's paycheck has shrunk in recent years, even after companies rebounded and bolstered their profits.
  可能最重要的，工人的平均薪水在近几年仍然在收缩，即使是在公司的收益回弹和提升之后。
• And yet Mr Sarkozy has bolstered the momentum of his reforms thanks to three largely unrelated factors.
  然而，得益于三大基本上毫无瓜葛的因素，萨科奇稳住了其改革的力度。
• Paramount Pictures says the production also bolstered the prospects for3D cinema.
  派拉蒙电影公司表示，这部作品也推动了3D电影业的发展。
• China has welcomed foreign direct investment, which has bolstered growth by increasing the stock of fixed capital and by providing new technology and management know-how.
  中国欢迎外国直接投资，增加固定资本，引进新的技术和管理知识，从而保证了经济的增长。
• By supplementing IMF resources, this change would have bolstered confidence in the global economy.
  该改革方案本可以通过补充IMF的资源，提振全球经济信心。