propping

英 [ˈprɒpɪŋ]

美 [ˈprɑːpɪŋ]

v.  支撑
prop的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB 架；搁；靠
  If youpropan objectonoragainstsomething, you support it by putting something underneath it or by resting it somewhere.
  1. He rocked back in the chair and propped his feet on the desk...
     他往椅背上一靠，把脚搭在桌子上。
  2. He propped his bike against the bus.
     他把自行车靠在公共汽车上。
  3. Prop upmeans the same asprop.
     prop up同prop
  4. Sam slouched back and propped his elbows up on the bench behind him...
     萨姆懒洋洋地往后仰着，肘部支在身后的长椅上。
  5. If you have difficulty sitting like this, prop up your back against a wall.
     如果这么坐着有困难，就背靠墙坐吧。
• 支柱；撑棒；支撑物
  Apropis a stick or other object that you use to support something.
• N-COUNT 支持者；后盾；靠山
  To be apropfor a system, institution, or person means to be the main thing that keeps them strong or helps them survive.
  1. The army is one of the main props of the government...
     军队是政府的主要后盾之一。
  2. I had two props in my life; one was alcohol, the other work.
     我生命中有两大支柱：一个是酒，另一个是工作。
• N-COUNT （戏剧或电影中的）道具
  Thepropsin a play or film are all the objects or pieces of furniture that are used in it.
  1. ...the backdrop and props for a stage show.
     一场舞台剧的背景幕和道具
  2. ...stage props.
     舞台道具
• （橄榄球争球时的）第一排边锋
  In rugby, aproporprop forwardis one of the two players who position themselves in the front row when a group called a scrum is formed.
• 同propeller
  Apropis the same as apropeller.

双语例句

• If you thought of the lethal interaction between banks and sovereign as two drunks in a pub propping each other up, the ECB has given them separate crutches.
  如果你把银行与主权国家之间的致命联系想成两个在酒吧里相互搀扶的醉汉，那么现在欧洲央行给了他们一人一根拐杖。
• You can usually find Jack propping up the bar at his local.
  你常常可以看见杰克频繁出没于他居住的那家酒店。
• According to the article, Chinese workers deserve this honor for propping up not only the China's economy, but also the global economy, and at a time of economic crisis.
  按这篇文章说，中国工人支撑的不仅仅是中国的经济，而且还有全球的经济，并且是在经济危机的时期，他们应该得到这份荣誉。
• After forcing myself to use only the touch screen on a Windows 8.1 laptop, I found myself propping it up at an angle in my lap so my hands could rest on the side.
  在强迫自己只使用Windows8.1笔记本电脑的触摸屏后，我发现自己不由自主地把笔记本电脑以某个角度撑在了大腿上，这样我的手就可以搭在边上休息了。
• Short-term interest rates fell to historic lows, propping up consumer spending, but also fuelling the housing bubble and sowing the seeds of today's upheaval.
  短期利率降到历史低位，支撑消费支出，但也刺激了房地产市场的泡沫，为今天的巨变埋下了种子。
• It will be a huge blow to Shanghai, to Hong Kong and indeed to China itself, if it repeats its past mistake of propping up the Shanghai Stock Exchange by restricting the listing options of Chinese entrepreneurs.
  如果中国重复过去通过限制本国企业家上市选择来扶持上交所（sse）的错误做法，那对上海和香港将是一个巨大打击实际上，对中国自身也是如此。
• China's property prices fell for a third straight month in July, as demand wanes and lenders propping up the market pull back.
  今年7月，中国房地产价格连续第3个月下跌，因为需求在减弱，而支撑房地产市场的银行也削减了房贷业务。
• The emergency response involved propping up big institutions and ramming through mergers; hardly a long-term solution to the problem of too big to fail.
  应急对策包括支撑大机构和强力推动合并；却几乎不包含什么长期对策来解决大到不能倒（toobigtofail）的问题。
• His successors will have to complete a radical restructuring plan aimed at repaying the billions of dollars in taxpayers 'funds that are propping the company up.
  他的继任者们将不得不完成该公司大规模的重组计划。该计划旨在偿还纳税人用于支撑该公司的数十亿美元资金。
• The innovative Shandong brings forward the new request for our original propping up mechanism.
  创新型山东的提出，对我省原有的人才支撑机制提出了新的要求。