propping

英 [ˈprɒpɪŋ]

美 [ˈprɑːpɪŋ]

v.  支撑
prop的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB 架；搁；靠
  If youpropan objectonoragainstsomething, you support it by putting something underneath it or by resting it somewhere.
  1. He rocked back in the chair and propped his feet on the desk...
     他往椅背上一靠，把脚搭在桌子上。
  2. He propped his bike against the bus.
     他把自行车靠在公共汽车上。
  3. Prop upmeans the same asprop.
     prop up同prop
  4. Sam slouched back and propped his elbows up on the bench behind him...
     萨姆懒洋洋地往后仰着，肘部支在身后的长椅上。
  5. If you have difficulty sitting like this, prop up your back against a wall.
     如果这么坐着有困难，就背靠墙坐吧。
• 支柱；撑棒；支撑物
  Apropis a stick or other object that you use to support something.
• N-COUNT 支持者；后盾；靠山
  To be apropfor a system, institution, or person means to be the main thing that keeps them strong or helps them survive.
  1. The army is one of the main props of the government...
     军队是政府的主要后盾之一。
  2. I had two props in my life; one was alcohol, the other work.
     我生命中有两大支柱：一个是酒，另一个是工作。
• N-COUNT （戏剧或电影中的）道具
  Thepropsin a play or film are all the objects or pieces of furniture that are used in it.
  1. ...the backdrop and props for a stage show.
     一场舞台剧的背景幕和道具
  2. ...stage props.
     舞台道具
• （橄榄球争球时的）第一排边锋
  In rugby, aproporprop forwardis one of the two players who position themselves in the front row when a group called a scrum is formed.
• 同propeller
  Apropis the same as apropeller.

双语例句

• Housing prices are still falling, but housing costs are propping up a key inflation index.
  住房价格仍在下降，但住房成本却使一项重要的通货膨胀指数没有降下来。
• After forcing myself to use only the touch screen on a Windows 8.1 laptop, I found myself propping it up at an angle in my lap so my hands could rest on the side.
  在强迫自己只使用Windows8.1笔记本电脑的触摸屏后，我发现自己不由自主地把笔记本电脑以某个角度撑在了大腿上，这样我的手就可以搭在边上休息了。
• If you thought of the lethal interaction between banks and sovereign as two drunks in a pub propping each other up, the ECB has given them separate crutches.
  如果你把银行与主权国家之间的致命联系想成两个在酒吧里相互搀扶的醉汉，那么现在欧洲央行给了他们一人一根拐杖。
• The innovative Shandong brings forward the new request for our original propping up mechanism.
  创新型山东的提出，对我省原有的人才支撑机制提出了新的要求。
• The nonpublic economy has developed vigorously, becoming a main force propping the national economy.
  非公有制经济蓬勃发展，成为支撑国民经济的重要力量。
• The utility model provides a cocoon-picking rack, comprising a rectangular frame, a foldable support, and a propping up line.
  本实用新型提供了一种摘茧架，包括矩形框架、可折叠支撑脚与支撑线。
• You can usually find Jack propping up the bar at his local.
  你常常可以看见杰克频繁出没于他居住的那家酒店。
• According to the article, Chinese workers deserve this honor for propping up not only the China's economy, but also the global economy, and at a time of economic crisis.
  按这篇文章说，中国工人支撑的不仅仅是中国的经济，而且还有全球的经济，并且是在经济危机的时期，他们应该得到这份荣誉。
• He worked with a hand propping his head, feeling his skull as a memento mori.
  他工作时总是用一只手支着头，好似他的头是死兆一样。
• The emergency response involved propping up big institutions and ramming through mergers; hardly a long-term solution to the problem of too big to fail.
  应急对策包括支撑大机构和强力推动合并；却几乎不包含什么长期对策来解决大到不能倒（toobigtofail）的问题。