单词详解

1. vt.

A. 支撑，支托，扶持 (be the physical support of, carry the weight of)

A post in the centre supported the roof. 中间的一根柱子支撑着屋顶。

B. 支持，拥护，赞成，资助 (give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to)

They supported the Democratic Party. 他们支持民主党。

C. 为……提供证据，证实 (establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts)

The evidence supports the defendant. 证明为被告提供证据。

Can you give some examples to support your argument?

你能举几个例子来证实你的论点吗?

D. 保持，维持，使进行下去 (support materially or financially)

The desert climate supports little plant life.  沙漠里的气候使绝大多数植物无法存活。

The scholarship supported me when I was in college. 奖学金使我完成了大学学业。

2. n.

A. 支持，支撑物， 支撑，支承 [U] (supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation)

We need your support. 我们需要你们的支持。

B 维持生计，抚养，生活费[U] ( the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities)

The man is the chief support of the family. 男人是一家的主要赡养者。

 

相关词组

1. support oneself 养活自己

He took a part-time job to support himself. 他找了份兼职来养活自己。

2. in support of 为了支持（拥护）

They made some experiments in support of their idea.

他们做了一些实验来证明他们的观点。

3. support for 对……的支持

The statistics offer further support for our theory.

这些统计数字为我们的理论提供了进一步的依据。

 

相关单词

过去式：supported

过去分词：supported

现在分词：supporting

第三人称单数：supports

 

相关链接

词语辨析：raise, keep, support, feed

 

raise, keep, support, feed

raise: 意为“抚养（指人）；饲养（指动物或禽畜）”。

keep: 表示“养活（指人）；饲养（指动物或禽畜）”。

support: 意为“养活”，不用于饲养动物。

feed: 意为“喂养；饲养；以……为食”。

 

词语详解

1. raise: 意为“抚养（指人）；饲养（指动物或禽畜）”。

He raised the children himself；his wife died years ago.

他的妻子多年以前就去世了，他一手把孩子拉扯大。

2. keep: 表示“养活（指人）；饲养（指动物或禽畜）”。

John has his wife and three children to keep (support).

约翰要养活妻子和三个孩子。

3. support: 意为“养活”，不用于饲养动物。

He supports her old mother. 他赡养老母亲。

4. feed: 意为“喂养；饲养；以……为食”。

She fed meat to her dog. ＝She fed her dog with／on meat.

她用肉喂狗。