学个词 Learn A Word:1432 shore up

今天我们要学的词是shore up。Shore up, 意思是寻求支持。上星期发表国情咨文后，奥巴马总统对五个州进行了三天的访问。 "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," 总统此行目的是推销他的经济计划，并为竞选连任寻求关键州的支持。在他的经济计划中， "President Obama tried to shore up the failing economy by increasing taxes on wealthy people," 巴马想通过增加富人收入所得税来巩固和加强经济。好的，今天我们学习的词是shore up...