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bolster n.长枕；靠垫vt.支持；鼓励 (1) 床头上有一个长枕垫。(2) 双方都拿出统计数字来支持他们的论点。(3) 他们以唱歌来鼓舞士气。(4) 这增强了我的信念。(5) 那名妇女喝些杜松子酒壮胆。 A bolster is also the name of a long pillow you might use to make your back feel better. And the two uses are not dissimilar. When you bolster your friends, you support them and prop them up, just like the pillow does for your back. When you're trying to bolster your credibility, you find people and/or documents that support you or your view. Bolster efforts to learn this word!

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英 ['bəʊlstə(r)] 美 ['boʊlstər] (1) There is a bolster across the head of the bed.(2) Both sides offered statistics to bolster their arguments.(3) They bolstered their morale by singing.(4) It bolstered my belief.(5) The woman took some gin to bolster up her courage. When you cheer up a friend who's feeling down, you bolster them. To bolster is to offer support or strengthen. 1[VERB 动词]增强（信心）；鼓舞（士气） If you bolster something such as someone's confidence or courage, you increase it.   [V n]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2[VERB 动词]巩固（地位）；加强 If someone tries to bolster their position in a situation, they try to strengthen it.   [V n]  [V P n (not pron)]  [Also V n P]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。Bolster up means the same as bolster .bolster up同bolster...an aid programme to bolster up their troubled economy.旨在改善他们国家经济困境的援助计划3[N-COUNT 可数名词]（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. 相关词组：bolster up

英语单词	bolster
英美音标	英 ['bəʊlstə(r)] 美 ['boʊlstər]
中文释义	n.长枕；靠垫 vt.支持；鼓励
英语例句	(1) There is a bolster across the head of the bed. (2) Both sides offered statistics to bolster their arguments. (3) They bolstered their morale by singing. (4) It bolstered my belief. (5) The woman took some gin to bolster up her courage.
中文例句	(1) 床头上有一个长枕垫。 (2) 双方都拿出统计数字来支持他们的论点。 (3) 他们以唱歌来鼓舞士气。 (4) 这增强了我的信念。 (5) 那名妇女喝些杜松子酒壮胆。
vocabulary简明	When you cheer up a friend who's feeling down, you bolster them. To bolster is to offer support or strengthen.
vocabulary扩展	A bolster is also the name of a long pillow you might use to make your back feel better. And the two uses are not dissimilar. When you bolster your friends, you support them and prop them up, just like the pillow does for your back. When you're trying to bolster your credibility, you find people and/or documents that support you or your view. Bolster efforts to learn this word!
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]增强（信心）；鼓舞（士气） If you bolster something such as someone's confidence or courage, you increase it. [V n] 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 2 [VERB 动词]巩固（地位）；加强 If someone tries to bolster their position in a situation, they try to strengthen it. [V n] [V P n (not pron)] [Also V n P] 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。 Bolster up means the same as bolster .bolster up同bolster ...an aid programme to bolster up their troubled economy. 旨在改善他们国家经济困境的援助计划 3 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（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. 相关词组： bolster up

Bolster Support Pillow [V Bolstered Long Verb 动词