云英语学园【核心800词】第22讲：bolster
bolster
词源简说：来自古英语bolster（垫子），源自日耳曼语*bolstro-z，源自PIE*bhelgh- （to swell膨胀）。
词义梳理：由“膨胀”→“膨胀之物（垫子、枕头）等”，垫枕等可“支撑”—如人的头部。bolster因而也可指“支持、鼓起”。Bolster作名词时指“长枕”。
Barron释义：v. to give a boost to; prop up; support
The president has visited the state several times to bolster his sagging popularity there.
中长例句：
1、Face your own ambivalence about letting go and you will be better able to help you children cope with their own feelings. The insight you gain through your own acceptance of change will bolster your confidence and make you a stronger college parent. The confidence you develop will be evident to your child, who will be able to move away from you without fear.
2、Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines and devices that ... - MORE Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines and devices that increase noise and distract humanity from the essence of life, contemplation, meditation.... Tooting, howling, screeching, booming, crashing, whistling, grinding, and trilling bolster his ego. His anxiety subsides. His inhuman void spreads monstrously like a gray vegetation.
——Jean Arp
近义拓展
strengthen, sustain, reinforce, fortify
词源简说：来自古英语bolster（垫子），源自日耳曼语*bolstro-z，源自PIE*bhelgh- （to swell膨胀）。
词义梳理：由“膨胀”→“膨胀之物（垫子、枕头）等”，垫枕等可“支撑”—如人的头部。bolster因而也可指“支持、鼓起”。Bolster作名词时指“长枕”。
Barron释义：v. to give a boost to; prop up; support
The president has visited the state several times to bolster his sagging popularity there.
中长例句：
1、Face your own ambivalence about letting go and you will be better able to help you children cope with their own feelings. The insight you gain through your own acceptance of change will bolster your confidence and make you a stronger college parent. The confidence you develop will be evident to your child, who will be able to move away from you without fear.
2、Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines and devices that ... - MORE Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines and devices that increase noise and distract humanity from the essence of life, contemplation, meditation.... Tooting, howling, screeching, booming, crashing, whistling, grinding, and trilling bolster his ego. His anxiety subsides. His inhuman void spreads monstrously like a gray vegetation.
——Jean Arp
近义拓展
strengthen, sustain, reinforce, fortify
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