firm up

英 [fɜːm ʌp]

美 [fɜːrm ʌp]

（使）更坚固; （使）更坚实; （使）更明确; 强化; （使）确切; 使（价格、价值等）保持坚挺（或稳定）

英英释义

verb

• arrange firmly
  1. firm up one's plans

双语例句

• OPEC has agreed to freeze its global oil production slightly in order to firm up crude prices.
  石油输出国组织已同意对全球石油生产稍加冻结，以稳定原油价格。
• Firm up one's plans. All these problems should be dealt with appropriately.
  妥善安排一个人的计划。这些问题都要妥善解决。
• They lost a number of planes; the count takes a day or so to firm up.
  他们损失了若干飞机，具体数字要一，两天才能证实。
• EXAMPLE: After several discussions, the rival companies have finally agreed to merge and plan to firm up the deal at a meeting next week.
  在几次讨论之后，曾经互为对手的公司最终同意合并，并计划在下周开会时落实这笔交易。
• Exercise for just 20 minutes a day to firm up even the saggiest bottom.
  每天只锻炼20分钟，即使最松弛的臀部也会变挺翘。
• Running is a good way to firm up your leg muscles.
  跑步是使你腿部肌肉变结实的好方法。
• Put the pie shell back into the freezer for1 hour to firm up.
  把饼皮冻回冰箱约1个钟头左右、使其紧实。
• They may also be seen from the value and business perspectives as "mini investments" that keep the software design in play while plans and estimates firm up and uncertainties decrease.
  它们还可以从价值和商业的角度被视为保持软件设计进行，同时计划和估计不断精确，不确定性减少的“迷你投资”。
• They've agreed to firm up their peacekeeping force.
  他们已同意加强他们维和部队的力量。
• "But they say if they try to stop him, it will only firm up his resolve," says an NBA source.
  “但他们说，如果试图阻止他，只能坚定他的决心，”一位NBA的人士如是说。