The democracies of the West may find it hard to shore up their defences.

西方的民主国家可能发现很难加固自己的防御。

Fiscal stimulus has helped shore up aggregate demand.

财政刺激政策帮助支撑了总需求。

taking advantage of a respite in the financial crisis to shore up the dollar

正在利用金融危机中的片刻喘息来挽救疲软的美元

All this will help with Mr Mukherjee's second test-to shore up the public finances.

这些举措有助于是穆克吉的第二项试验——支持金融体系。

But this was partly to shore up support for the North American Free-Trade Agreement.

但是这在一定程度上巩固了它对北美自由贸易协定的支持。

A more immediate concern for the first-round winners was to shore up their legitimacy.

对于这两个首轮大选胜者来说，比起上面所谈的问题，他们眼前的顾虑则是要树立自己的合法性。

Chinese entities haven't entered the fray to shore up Wall Street firms in recent weeks.

近几周来，中国企业并未加入到拯救华尔街机构的热潮中。

Any liquidity facility may be too small to shore up the entire industry in a 2008-like storm.

当类似2008年的金融危机再度来临，任何的流动性机制或许会太小而不足以支撑整个行业。

This is an example of “filler” words being used as props, to try to shore up a lame sentence.

这个例子展示了“填充语”是怎么被用来支撑软弱无力的句子。

Oregon is moving to shore up its schools, but the program is not slated for completion until 2032.

俄勒冈正在加固学校建筑，但这个项目预计要到2032年才完工。

This urge to shore up wealth is self-defeating in aggregate, as it curbs spending and incomes.

这种强烈的财富保值意识宏观加总后反而弄巧成拙，因为这抑制了支出和收入。

The immediate aim is to shore up Fatah and avert a Gaza-style collapse in the much larger West Bank.

这样做的直接的目的是支持法塔赫，以避免在较大的约旦河西岸出现类似加沙式的溃乱状态。

Its first priority will be to shore up its share price, which has taken a battering over the past week.

公司的第一要务就是支撑其股价，上周股价已经受到重创。

This means upgrading the nationwide electrical grid to prevent power outages and shore up weak spots.

这意味着升级国家电网，防止断电和优化薄弱环节。

They found it humiliating when President Barack Obama publicly urged EU leaders to shore up the currency.

当奥巴马公开呼吁欧盟领导人拉抬欧元汇率时，他们觉得受到了羞辱。

He suspected some kind of hacker assault and had spent the weekend helping to shore up the company's systems.

他怀疑有某类黑客在发起攻击，于是利用这个周末来帮助维护该公司的系统。

Here, it would shore up confidence and would signal to voters that ministers were protecting their interests.

这可以提振公众的信心，还可以向选民们显示大臣们正在保护他们的利益。

The Fed is supposed to provide liquidity to the banking system or shore up the solvency of a non-bank institution.

美联储的本职是清偿银行系统的债务或者支撑起非银行机构的偿还能力。

Amid weekend reports that Brown would be asked to make a repayment, he moved quickly to shore up his position.

周末时的一篇报告曾指出，布朗将被要求作出偿还，他为巩固地位迅速采取了行动。

The next few months will be tough, but giving the Civic a decent debut would at least help shore up the brand.

未来几个月将是艰难的，但新思域也会有一个体面的亮相会，这至少也能让本田屹立不倒。

At that time, regulators also pressured lenders to cut dividends and shore up their finances as loan losses mounted.

同时，监管者还施加压力让借款方减少股息，在大量贷款损失的情况下支撑住他们的财务。

Obama's visit to Israel is being seen by many analysts as an attempt to shore up his support with U.S. Jewish voters.

许多分析人士认为，奥巴马这次访问以色列，目的是争取美国犹太选民对他的支持。

Does the structure accentuate the strengths, shore up the weaknesses, and support the motivations of the team members?

团队的结构是否强调自身的长处，支撑短处，而且支持、激励团队成员？

On Monday one of the most vulnerable large lenders, Washington Mutual, forced out its boss in a bid to shore up confidence.

周一，最脆弱的大借贷方之一华盛顿共同基金赶走了它的老板以支撑信心。

Already, the agency's reserves have been heavily eroded by risky loans it took on in 2008-09 to shore up the housing market.

这个机构的储备金早已被一些具有风险的贷款严重侵蚀，这些贷款是因2008 - 09年时为支持房地产市场而形成的。

We should also ask whether taxpayers will profit, directly or indirectly, from spending money to shore up the banking system.

我们还应当问，纳税人出钱支持银行系统，是否能够从中直接或间接地获益？