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
Which team do you support? 你支持哪隊？
[ + obj + to infinitive ] We will always do our best to support our students to succeed.
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。
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。
My father supported the LabourDemocratic Party all his life. 我父親畢生都擁護工黨／民主黨。
1 to help someone emotionally or in a practical way -- （在情感或實際方面）支援，幫助
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
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。
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。
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。
The drug company is supporting cancer research. 這家製藥公司在出錢資助癌症研究工作。
3 to hold something firmly or carry its weight, especially from below to stop it from falling -- 支撐，撐起，承受
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。
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。
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。
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。
4 to help to show something to be true -- 證明，證實
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。
His central support also recovered, aided by the party's need to have some provincial governments fit for display.
These parties had a common interest and were supported by non-governmental organisations which helped them put together a strong campaign.
The effective number of parties increased significantly and minority governments without stable support in parliament became the standard type of government.
To control for this possibility, the data were quartiled on the basis of the incumbent party's support in the previous election.
This suggests that we need to know something about which firms support which parties to undertake this analysis.
A rapid review of the evidence base to support school nursing interventions is reported and developments for future research are indicated.
Both men and women with low support were more likely to report psychological distress than those with high support.
The impact of care-giving on care-givers : factors associated with the psychological well-being of people supporting a dementing relative in the community.
