firm up

英 [fɜːm ʌp]

美 [fɜːrm ʌp]

（使）更坚固; （使）更坚实; （使）更明确; 强化; （使）确切; 使（价格、价值等）保持坚挺（或稳定）

英英释义

verb

• arrange firmly
  1. firm up one's plans

双语例句

• We'll firm up the plan soon.
  我们不久就要将这一方案确定下来。
• An agency that arranges personal travel. firm up one's plans.
  安排个人旅行的代理处。
• I'll return to Shanghai tomorrow, if I can firm up my air ticket.
  如果我能把飞机票定下来的话，我打算明天回上海。
• Looking to the future, the Government will firm up their plans for a cleaner, greener, safer Britain
  展望未来，政府将更加明确其计划，建设一个更清洁、更环保、更安全的英国。
• Put the pie shell back into the freezer for1 hour to firm up.
  把饼皮冻回冰箱约1个钟头左右、使其紧实。
• They lost a number of planes; the count takes a day or so to firm up.
  他们损失了若干飞机，具体数字要一，两天才能证实。
• OPEC has agreed to freeze its global oil production slightly in order to firm up crude prices.
  石油输出国组织已同意对全球石油生产稍加冻结，以稳定原油价格。
• EXAMPLE: After several discussions, the rival companies have finally agreed to merge and plan to firm up the deal at a meeting next week.
  在几次讨论之后，曾经互为对手的公司最终同意合并，并计划在下周开会时落实这笔交易。
• Before watering the cuttings, you have to firm up the soil.
  在给插条浇水前，你得先把泥土压实。
• "But they say if they try to stop him, it will only firm up his resolve," says an NBA source.
  “但他们说，如果试图阻止他，只能坚定他的决心，”一位NBA的人士如是说。