| 单词 | firm something ↔ up |
| 释义 | firm something ↔ upfirm something ↔ up phrasal verbphr v a) CERTAINLY/DEFINITELYto make arrangements, ideas etc more definite and exact 把〔安排、想法等〕确定下来 We’re hoping to firm up the deal later this month. 我们希望能在这个月晚些时候把这笔买卖确定下来。 b) DSOEXERCISEto make a part of your body have more muscle and less fat by exercising 〔通过锻炼〕使〔身体〕结实 Examples from the Corpus firm up• Jean Deleage and Guy Nohra will focus on health science firms.• The market was holding firm and edging up.• She moved with the motion of his hand, her firm stomach undulating up and down.• Now, however, there are worrying signs that the two biggest firms are ganging up on the rest.• The firm took up references on all the candidates interviewed.• Utah's economic planners want aerospace, bio-medical and computing firms to take up the slack.• Suppose a bank agrees to lend to a firm upon demand up to a certain amount.• A small cottage industry of biotechnology firms has sprung up to investigate this, using a variety of methods. → firm something ↔ up at firm3(1) |
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