释义 |
prop sth ↔ upphr v [t] 1. to prevent something from falling by putting something against it or under it 支撑,撑住[某物]:◇steel poles prop up the crumbling walls. 钢柱支撑住了倾颓的墙壁。 2. to help something to continue to exist 维持:◇willis sold stocks to prop up his failing company. 威利斯卖掉了股票来维持他那濒临破产的公司。 |