strengthen 音标拼音: [str'ɛŋθən]
vt . 加强,变坚固
vi . 变强,股票上涨
加强,变坚固变强,股票上涨
strengthen v 1 :
make strong or stronger ; "
This exercise will strengthen your upper body "; "
strengthen the relations between the two countries " [
synonym : {
strengthen }, {
beef up }, {
fortify }] [
ant :
{
weaken }]
2 :
gain strength ; "
His body strengthened " [
ant : {
weaken }]
3 :
give a healthy elasticity to ; "
Let '
s tone our muscles " [
synonym :
{
tone }, {
tone up }, {
strengthen }]
Strengthen \
Strength "
en \,
v .
i .
To grow strong or stronger .
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1913 Webster ]
The young disease ,
that must subdue at length ,
Grows with his growth ,
and strengthens with his strength . --
Pope .
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Strengthen \
Strength "
en \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Strengthened };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Strengthening }.]
1 .
To make strong or stronger ;
to add strength to ;
as ,
to strengthen a limb ,
a bridge ,
an army ;
to strengthen an obligation ;
to strengthen authority .
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1913 Webster ]
Let noble Warwick ,
Cobham ,
and the rest , . . .
With powerful policy strengthen themselves . --
Shak .
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2 .
To animate ;
to encourage ;
to fix in resolution .
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Charge Joshua ,
and encourage him ,
and strengthen him . --
Deut .
iii .
28 .
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Syn :
To invigorate ;
confirm ;
establish ;
fortify ;
animate ;
encourage .
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1913 Webster ]
131 Moby Thesaurus words for "
strengthen ":
accelerate ,
accrue ,
accumulate ,
add to ,
advance ,
affirm ,
aggravate ,
animate ,
anneal ,
appreciate ,
attest ,
augment ,
authenticate ,
back ,
back up ,
balloon ,
be tough ,
bear out ,
beef up ,
bloat ,
blow up ,
bolster ,
boom ,
boost ,
brace ,
brace up ,
breed ,
broaden ,
buttress ,
case harden ,
certify ,
cheer ,
chirk up ,
circumstantiate ,
complicate ,
concentrate ,
condense ,
confirm ,
consolidate ,
corroborate ,
crescendo ,
deepen ,
develop ,
document ,
double ,
embolden ,
encourage ,
endure ,
energize ,
enhance ,
exacerbate ,
exaggerate ,
fortify ,
gain ,
gain strength ,
gelt ,
get ahead ,
gird ,
go up ,
grow ,
hang tough ,
harden ,
hearten ,
heat up ,
heighten ,
hop up ,
hot up ,
increase ,
inspirit ,
intensify ,
invigorate ,
jazz up ,
key up ,
magnify ,
make complex ,
mount ,
multiply ,
nerve ,
nourish ,
nutrify ,
prepare ,
probate ,
proliferate ,
prop ,
prove ,
ramify ,
ratify ,
ready ,
recruit ,
redouble ,
refresh ,
reinforce ,
reinvigorate ,
rejuvenate ,
renew ,
restrengthen ,
rigidify ,
rise ,
run up ,
screw up ,
sharpen ,
shoot up ,
shore up ,
sinew ,
snowball ,
soup up ,
spread ,
steel ,
step up ,
stiffen ,
substantiate ,
supplement ,
support ,
sustain ,
swell ,
temper ,
tense ,
tighten ,
tone up ,
toughen ,
trice up ,
triple ,
undergird ,
uphold ,
validate ,
verify ,
vitalize ,
warrant ,
wax ,
whet ,
widen
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