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shore up 表示加固或挽救有失败风险的事物；宾语也可放在 shore 和 up 之间，如 shore the banks up。
The government shored up the ailing banks with emergency loans.
政府用紧急贷款支撑起那些陷入困境的银行。
加固；挽救；支撑
shores — third person singular of shore
支撑；支持；后不接up:为(某物)提供支撑。；通常后接up:加固(面临失败风险的某物)。；作为支撑；支撑；把...送上岸
to reinforce or strengthen something that is at risk of failing
后不接up:为(某物)提供支撑。
Not followed by up: to provide (something) with support.
通常后接up:加固(面临失败风险的某物)。
Usually followed by up: to reinforce (something at risk of failure).
作为支撑；支撑
serve as a shore to
一般现在时
Workers shore up the foundation before winter.
工人们在冬天前加固地基。
一般过去时
The crew shored the tunnel last night.
昨晚工人们支撑了隧道。
现在完成时
We have shored the embankment with sandbags.
我们用沙袋加固了堤坝。
常用 shore up 表示‘支撑、巩固’；规则动词。
Volunteers used sandbags to shore up the riverbank before the storm.
志愿者在暴风雨来临前用沙袋加固河岸。
用法提示：动词短语 shore up 在此表示“加固、支撑”，后接宾语。
AI contextual example
The government hopes the new policy will shore up the economy.
政府希望新政策能支撑经济。
用法提示：shore up 作谓语，意为“支撑、扶持”，后接宾语。
AI contextual example
They are shoring the old wall with wooden beams.
他们正在用木梁支撑旧墙。
用法提示：shore 作动词，意为“支撑”，此处用现在分词 shoring 表进行。
AI contextual example
shore up 表示加固或挽救有失败风险的事物；宾语也可放在 shore 和 up 之间，如 shore the banks up。
The government shored up the ailing banks with emergency loans.
政府用紧急贷款支撑起那些陷入困境的银行。
此处不接 up，表示用某物支撑、撑住某个结构；with 引出所用的支撑材料。
Workers shored the tunnel roof with heavy timber.
工人们用粗大的木料支撑隧道顶部。
被动结构，by 引出提供支撑或挽救的一方。
The currency was shored up by the central bank.
该国货币得到了中央银行的支撑。
grammar · medium
易错句子The company shored its reputation before the scandal broke.
正确表达The company shored up its reputation before the scandal broke.
表示“（为面临失败风险的事物）加固、支撑”这一抽象义时，shore 通常要与 up 连用，构成 shore up；汉语“加固、维护”本身不体现这个小品词，所以容易漏掉 up。
grammar · medium
易错句子We must shore up it before the storm.
正确表达We must shore it up before the storm.
shore up 是“动词+小品词”结构，当宾语是代词（it/them）时，代词必须插在动词和小品词之间，写作 shore it up；代词不能放在 up 后面，这与汉语把宾语跟在动词后的语序习惯不同。
grammar · medium
易错句子The tunnel shored with steel beams.
正确表达The tunnel was shored with steel beams.
shore（up）是及物动词，必须带宾语；这里 tunnel 是被加固的对象而不是施事，所以要用被动语态 be shored (up)。汉语说“隧道加固了”没有被动标记，容易漏掉 was/were。
加固；支撑（面临失败风险的事物）
The workers shored up the old wall with steel beams.
工人们用钢梁加固了那堵旧墙。
提振经济
The government took steps to shore up the economy.
政府采取措施提振经济。
巩固支持
The candidate tried to shore up support among voters.
这位候选人试图巩固选民的支持。
加强防御
The troops shored up their defenses before the attack.
部队在进攻前加强了防御。
加固建筑物
Engineers shored up the building after the earthquake.
地震后工程师们加固了这栋建筑。
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The speech was meant to shore up confidence in the market.
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