支撐住 support (sth that is in danger of falling)
shore sb/sth ? up
We had to shore up the damaged wall.
我們不得不把損壞的墻支撐起來。
They tried to shore up the failing economy by means of tax increases.
他們企圖用增加稅收的辦法來挽救日益衰落的經(jīng)濟。
She used this evidence to shore up her argument.
她用該證據(jù)來支持自己的論點。
This canal bank has been shored up.
這段運河河堤已經(jīng)加固。