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

• 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。
• He bolstered his plea with new evidence.
  他举出新的证据来支持他的抗辩。
• 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。
• We took strategic adjustment of the economic structure as the main task of shifting the growth model, and raised the quality, expanded the scope and bolstered the momentum of development.
  我们把经济结构战略性调整作为转变发展方式的主攻方向，提高了发展质量，拓展了发展空间，增强了发展后劲。
• Such fighting talk has bolstered bankers 'confidence, even amid greater transparency.
  即使是透明读更高些，如此好战的讲话也已支撑了银行家们的信心。
• 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。
• Olken says his analysis led to greater understanding of how village dynamics can encourage or prevent corruption and bolstered World Bank efforts to persuade governments to perform audits.
  Olken说，他的分析增加了人们对村庄鼓励或防止腐败的能动性的理解，推动了世界银行说服政府采取审计方法的工作。
• This conviction was bolstered by her own educational struggles and successes.
  这坚定的信念是受到她本身曾经历过的教育挫折与成功的支持。
• It also bolstered longstanding criticism about the lack of truly independent oversight at News Corp. overall.
  这些疑问也支持了一个长久以来的批评声，指出这样的委员会不能算是一个真正的独立团体来有效的监督整个新闻集团。
• The surge of deals was bolstered by a tide of Private Equity Cash looking for investments.
  寻找投资机会的私人股本资金大量出现，支持了并购交易的飞速增长。