學個詞 Learn A Word:1432 shore up

今天我們要學的詞是shore up。Shore up, 意思是尋求支持。上星期發(fā)表國情咨文后，奧巴馬總統(tǒng)對五個州進行了三天的訪問。 "The purpose of the trip was to sell his economic plan and to shore up support for his re-election bid in politically crucial states," 總統(tǒng)此行目的是推銷他的經(jīng)濟計劃，并為競選連任尋求關鍵州的支持。在他的經(jīng)濟計劃中， "President Obama tried to shore up the failing economy by increasing taxes on wealthy people," 巴馬想通過增加富人收入所得稅來鞏固和加強經(jīng)濟。好的，今天我們學習的詞是shore up...