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v.(动词)brace，bolster，buttress，maintain，prop，support，sustain 这组词的共同意思是“支撑”。其区别在于support指有基础或基座来承受某物的压力或重量，使其不坍塌或倒下，用于比喻可指能够经受住艰难困苦而不屈服；bolster指用垫枕等支撑物来支撑或承受负荷；brace指用支柱、支架来支住、撑牢某物，使其能抗住压力；buttress指用在建筑物应力点上加扶壁的办法来支住、加固某物，引申指用物质、金钱、事实等来支持某论点；maintain指保持某种状况或状态，给予所需的力量，以防力量、价值等有所损失；prop指支持需要立即加强或加固的事物；sustain强调始终不渝地支撑或保持。例如This matter bolstered up his pride.这件事提高了他的自尊心。The struts are firmly braced.构架的支柱很牢固。She buttressed her argument with lots of solid facts.她用很多具体事实来支持她的论点。The state maintains the highways.政府养护公路。She propped up the babyˈs head by putting her hand behind its neck.她把手放在婴孩的头后，支撑他的头。She was sustained by pride in her family.对家庭的自豪感支持着她。 词组短语 brace up下定决心；打起精神；brace yourself振作精神，振作起来

中文词源： brace 箍子，大括号 来自拉丁词bracchia, 手臂。词源同brief, 短的。原指两手合抱，表支持义，后指箍子，括号等。 brace
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Manufacturers had better brace for higher settlements and slimmer margins .

制造商应做好准备，迎接更高的薪资要求和更低的利润率。

Countries with soldiers deployed in afghanistan brace themselves for revenge attacks on their troops .

在伊拉克驻扎军队的国家已做好准备，应对报复性攻击。

If that advice is followed , mr bernanke should brace for more downward revisions .

如果那项建议被采纳，bernanke先生应该为更多的削减计划做好准备。

He urged them to brace for competition by working out what they were good at , what they should not do and what their values were .

他敦促日本人要为竞争做好准备，你们擅长什么，你们要回避什么，还有你们的价值观是什么。

Buy-out firms should brace themselves for fierce competition from trade buyers in asia and work harder to combat the negative , " blood-sucking " publicity surrounding their industry , according to a senior executive from oaktree capital management .

橡树资本管理（oaktreecapitalmanagement）高管威廉凯林斯（williamkerins）表示，收购企业应做好准备，应对来自亚洲商业买家的激烈竞争，并付出更大的努力，改变该行业负面的“吸血”形象。