lend support to sth

1 SUPPORT A PERSON, GROUP, OR PLANHELPto support or help someone (为某事)提供支持

The government has now lent its support to the campaign.

政府现已开始支持这场运动了。

Examples from the Corpus

lend (your) support (to something)• Elizabeth Hurley and Robert Wagner lend support.• President Clinton lent support to the bill Monday.• She lends support to the ecumenical cause.• These results lend support to the idea that tenascin alternative splice forms may also have functional significance at the protein level.• In these circumstances it was the business of responsible churchmen to lend support to the monarch in every way they could.• Some psychoanalytic writing appears to lend support to these assumptions.

→ lend (your) support (to something) at lend(4)

2 PROVEto make an opinion or belief seem more likely to be correct 使某事更可信

The police have new evidence which lends weight to their theory.

警方有新证据支持他们的说法。

Examples from the Corpus

lend weight/support to something• I lent weight to his side of the story but they sent him down.• President Clinton lent support to the bill Monday.• These results lend support to the idea that tenascin alternative splice forms may also have functional significance at the protein level.• In these circumstances it was the business of responsible churchmen to lend support to the monarch in every way they could.• Recognising this paradox lends weight to the patriarchy thesis, explaining away many apparent counter-examples.• Some psychoanalytic writing appears to lend support to these assumptions.• The recent closures of the paper mill and the aluminium smelter at Invergordon lend weight to this argument.• Not withstanding the need for more investigation, the evidence surveyed in the previous chapter certainly lends weight to this view.

→ lend weight/support to something at lend(5)

单词	lend support to sth
释义	lend support to sth lend support to sth 1 SUPPORT A PERSON, GROUP, OR PLANHELPto support or help someone (为某事)提供支持 The government has now lent its support to the campaign. 政府现已开始支持这场运动了。 Examples from the Corpus lend (your) support (to something)• Elizabeth Hurley and Robert Wagner lend support.• President Clinton lent support to the bill Monday.• She lends support to the ecumenical cause.• These results lend support to the idea that tenascin alternative splice forms may also have functional significance at the protein level.• In these circumstances it was the business of responsible churchmen to lend support to the monarch in every way they could.• Some psychoanalytic writing appears to lend support to these assumptions. → lend (your) support (to something) at lend(4) 2 PROVEto make an opinion or belief seem more likely to be correct 使某事更可信 The police have new evidence which lends weight to their theory. 警方有新证据支持他们的说法。 Examples from the Corpus lend weight/support to something• I lent weight to his side of the story but they sent him down.• President Clinton lent support to the bill Monday.• These results lend support to the idea that tenascin alternative splice forms may also have functional significance at the protein level.• In these circumstances it was the business of responsible churchmen to lend support to the monarch in every way they could.• Recognising this paradox lends weight to the patriarchy thesis, explaining away many apparent counter-examples.• Some psychoanalytic writing appears to lend support to these assumptions.• The recent closures of the paper mill and the aluminium smelter at Invergordon lend weight to this argument.• Not withstanding the need for more investigation, the evidence surveyed in the previous chapter certainly lends weight to this view. → lend weight/support to something at lend(5)
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