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
- firm up one's plans
双语例句
- EXAMPLE: After several discussions, the rival companies have finally agreed to merge and plan to firm up the deal at a meeting next week.
在几次讨论之后，曾经互为对手的公司最终同意合并，并计划在下周开会时落实这笔交易。 - The mixture will seem too wet at this stage, but it will firm up when chilled.
混合物在此阶段看起来会非常湿，但冷却后就会坚硬起来。 - Before watering the cuttings, you have to firm up the soil.
在给插条浇水前，你得先把泥土压实。 - I'll return to Shanghai tomorrow, if I can firm up my air ticket.
如果我能把飞机票定下来的话，我打算明天回上海。 - 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。 - "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。 - This treatment helps tone the body, firm up muscles and tighten the skin
该治疗有助于强身健体、紧致皮肤。 - They may also be seen from the value and business perspectives as "mini investments" that keep the software design in play while plans and estimates firm up and uncertainties decrease.
它们还可以从价值和商业的角度被视为保持软件设计进行，同时计划和估计不断精确，不确定性减少的“迷你投资”。 - 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！ - 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。