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

• China has become an increasingly important driver of the gold price, with large purchases propping up prices late last year as western investors were selling.
  中国已成为左右金价的一大因素，重要性日益上升。去年底，在西方投资者纷纷减持之际，来自中国的大量买盘对金价形成了支撑。
• The second threat is its role in propping up the eurozone.
  第二个威胁是德国在支撑欧元区方面扮演的角色。
• 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。
• It has used banks to promote industries and companies deemed important to the state, propping them up in times of trouble.
  北京通过银行，推动那些被认为对国家非常重要的产业和企业的发展，在它们遭遇困境的时候为它们提供支持。
• 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。
• Restructuring and Earnings Quality-an Empirical Study Based on Tunneling and Propping Perspective
  资产重组与盈余质量&基于掏空、支持视角的实证研究
• 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。
• 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。
• The utility model provides a cocoon-picking rack, comprising a rectangular frame, a foldable support, and a propping up line.
  本实用新型提供了一种摘茧架，包括矩形框架、可折叠支撑脚与支撑线。
• 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。