動詞 shore up:

1. support by placing against something solid or rigid
   同義詞：prop up, prop, shore

1. Any solution [to Soviet economic malaise], however, is hostage to the crisis of authority, creating a catch-22 stalemate between perestroika and glasnost, between economics and politics: any measure to shore up the economy only fans public anger and reduces the authority of the Government.
   不過，任何解決[蘇聯(lián)經(jīng)濟失調(diào)]辦的法都受到權(quán)力危機的影響，在改革與開放，經(jīng)濟與政治之間產(chǎn)生一種自相矛盾僵持不下的情況：任何振興經(jīng)濟的辦法不過煽起民眾的忿怒并損及政府威信而已。
2. He(Reagan) sent Secretary of State Shultz to Capitol Hill in an effort to shore up wavering Republicans.
   他(里根)派國務(wù)卿舒爾茲到國會山莊去給意志動搖的共和黨議員打氣。
3. In an effort to shore up support, Simon's campaign has borrowed$110,000 to buy time on Boston and New Hampshire radio and television stations.
   西蒙助選團為了增強(選民)支持，借貸11萬元購買波士頓和新罕普什爾無線電和電視臺的時段。