firm up
英 [fɜːm ʌp]
美 [fɜːrm ʌp]
（使）更坚固; （使）更坚实; （使）更明确; 强化; （使）确切; 使（价格、价值等）保持坚挺（或稳定）
英英释义
verb
- arrange firmly
- firm up one's plans
双语例句
- OPEC has agreed to freeze its global oil production slightly in order to firm up crude prices.
石油输出国组织已同意对全球石油生产稍加冻结，以稳定原油价格。 - Before watering the cuttings, you have to firm up the soil.
在给插条浇水前，你得先把泥土压实。 - Once we understand the questions needed to assess progress to goals, we then firm up the measurement model with the specific metrics required to form the answer to those questions.
一旦您理解了需要评估目标的问题，之后我们将使用特定的必要矩阵来组织问题的答案的方法建立度量模型。 - Effective measures should be taken to firm up the prices.
应该采取有效措施稳定物价。 - This time of year, as department heads firm up their budgets for 2012, is the right moment to negotiate a pay hike.
在这个时候，部门经理要开始制订2012年的预算，这正是一个要求提高薪水的好时机。 - EXAMPLE: After several discussions, the rival companies have finally agreed to merge and plan to firm up the deal at a meeting next week.
在几次讨论之后，曾经互为对手的公司最终同意合并，并计划在下周开会时落实这笔交易。 - Exercise for just 20 minutes a day to firm up even the saggiest bottom.
每天只锻炼20分钟，即使最松弛的臀部也会变挺翘。 - Running is a good way to firm up your leg muscles.
跑步是使你腿部肌肉变结实的好方法。 - Put the pie shell back into the freezer for1 hour to firm up.
把饼皮冻回冰箱约1个钟头左右、使其紧实。 - So the next time youre faced with a choice that takes self-control, clench your fist or firm that bicep. Your will might firm up, too.
因此当你下次面临和自制力有关的抉择时，握紧你的拳头，又或者是绷紧你的二头肌，你的意志力也会随你的肌肉坚实起来呢！