prop up

• • 支撑；支持；撑持：

    We had to prop up the roof with a wooden post.

    我们必须用一根木柱子撑住屋顶。

  • 顶住；支持(观点)；作后盾：

    He can't always expect his colleagues to prop him up.

    他不能总指望同事们支持他。