support是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to agree with and give encouragement to someone or something because you want him, her, or it to succeed -- 支持；贊成；擁護；鼓勵

  • My father supported the LabourDemocratic Party all his life. 我父親畢生都擁護工黨／民主黨。

  • The majority of people in the town strongly support the plans to build a new school. 鎮上的大部分人都強烈支持修建新學校的計劃。

  • I think it's important to support local businesses by buying locally. 我認為購買本地商品來支持本地企業這一點很重要。

  • [ + obj + to infinitive ] We will always do our best to support our students to succeed.

  • Which team do you support? 你支持哪隊？

• 1 to help someone emotionally or in a practical way -- （在情感或實際方面）支援，幫助

  • Alcoholics Anonymous is a group which supports people who are trying to stop drinking too much alcohol. 匿名戒酒會是一個幫助人們停止酗酒的機構。

  • My family has always supported me in whatever I've wanted to do. 無論我想做甚麼，我家人一向都支持我。

• 2 to give a person the money they need in order to buy food and clothes and pay for somewhere to live -- 養活，撫養；供養，贍養

  • He has a wife and four children to support. 他得養活妻子和四個孩子。

  • The drug company is supporting cancer research. 這家製藥公司在出錢資助癌症研究工作。

  • I don't know how they manage to support their expensive lifestyle. 我不知道他們是怎麼設法維持自己奢侈的生活方式。

  • Some drug addicts turn to crime in order to support their habit. 有些癮君子為了維持自己的吸毒惡習而走向犯罪。

  • The land is so poor here that it cannot support any crops. 這片土地太貧瘠，種不了任何作物。

• 3 to hold something firmly or carry its weight, especially from below to stop it from falling -- 支撐，撐起，承受

  • The church dome is supported by/on marble pillars. 這個教堂的穹頂是由大理石柱子支撐。

  • When babies first learn to stand, they hold on to something to support themselves (= to stop themselves from falling). 小孩剛開始學習站立的時候，會緊緊抓住某樣東西來支撐自己。

  • My ankle is weak, so I always put a bandage on it to support it when I play tennis. 我的腳踝很脆弱，所以打網球的時候我總是纏上繃帶保護它。

  • figurative The Bank of England has taken measures to support the pound (= to stop it from being reduced in value). 英格蘭銀行已經採取措施力挺英鎊。

• 4 to help to show something to be true -- 證明，證實

  • These figures support my argument. 這些數字證實了我的論點。

  • You can't make a statement like that without any supporting documentation. 在沒有任何證明文檔的情況下，你不能那樣妄作論斷。

• 5 to accept something and allow it to happen -- 忍受，容忍

  • The headteacher told the boys that he would not support that kind of behaviour. 校長告訴那些男孩子，他不會容忍那樣的行為。

• 6 agreement with and encouragement for an idea, group, or person -- 支持；贊成；擁護；鼓勵

  • Environmental groups are fast gaining support among young people. 環境保護組織正迅速贏得年輕人的支持。

  • We've succeeded in drumming up a lot of local support for our attempt to stop the superstore being built. 我們試圖阻止興建那座大型超市的行動已成功贏得了當地人的廣泛支持。

  • I signed a petition in support of the campaign to end the marketing of baby formula in developing countries. 我在請願書上簽名，支持停止在開發中國家行銷嬰兒奶粉的運動。

• 7 emotional or practical help -- （在情感或實際方面）支持，幫助

  • Liz gave me a lot of support when I lost my job. 我失業後，莉茲給了我很多幫助。

  • You've been a great support to my mum in this difficult time. 您在這個困難時期給了我媽媽極大的精神支持。

• 8 the money someone needs in order to buy food and clothes and pay for somewhere to live -- 養活，撫養；供養，贍養

  • He is dependent on his father for support . 他依靠父親過活。

• 9 something that holds something firmly or carries its weight, especially from below to stop it from falling -- 支撐物，支架，支柱

  • The floor is held up by wooden supports. 地板是由木支架撐起來的。

  • I've hurt my wrist, so I've bandaged it to give it some support. 我的手腕受傷了，所以綁上繃帶保護。

  • Jim always wears a knee support when he goes running. 吉姆跑步時總是戴著護膝。

• 10 something that shows that a fact is true -- 證明，證實

  • This new evidence lends support to the theory that she was murdered. 這新證據證明了她是遭到謀殺的說法。

  • We had to send a doctor's report in support of our claim to the insurance company. 我們得把醫生的報告寄給保險公司，為我們的索賠提供證明。