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shore up objshore obj up HFC:5, $FC:rv adv [M]to make (something) stronger by supporting it(用撑柱)支撑,支持Boundary walls have had to be shored up.边界墙必须用支柱支撑。We will have to shore the wall up.我们必须用支柱支撑这堵墙。(fig.) As public relations manager, she is now faced with the difficult task of shoring up (= trying to improve) the company's troubled image.作为公关经理,她面对的是改善公司的不良形象的艰巨任务。
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