bolstered是什么意思？

bolstered

• v. 支持( bolster的过去式和过去分词 )，支撑，给予必要的支持，援助；

例句

• Bolstered by his friend's words, he started looking around the dance hall. 在朋友的怂恿下, 他开始环顾舞厅四周.
• The data must be bolstered by inferences and indirect estimates of varying degrees of reliability. 这些资料必须借助于推理及可靠程度不同的间接估计.
• His argument was bolstered by the performance of Gael Clichy against Wolves Boxing Day. 克里奇在对狼队比赛时的表现更验证了温格的话.
• 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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  增强（信心）；鼓舞（士气）
  If you bolster something such as someone's confidence or courage, you increase it.
  例句
  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。 ...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 to bolster their position in a situation, they try to strengthen it.
  例句
  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。
• N-COUNT
  （垫在普通枕头下的）长枕，垫枕
  A bolster is a firm pillow shaped like a long tube which is sometimes put across a bed under the ordinary pillows.