strengthen
vt. 加强；巩固
vi. 变强；变坚挺
vt.
加强，巩固；勉励，激励；增加…的艺术效果；（价格）上涨
vi.
变强；变坚挺；
变形
过去式：strengthened过去分词：strengthened现在分词：strengthening第三人称单数：strengthens
双语释义
v.(动词)vt. & vi. 巩固 make or become stronger
英英释义
strengthen[ 'streŋθən, 'streŋkθən ]
v.
make strong or stronger
"This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries"
同义词：beef upfortify
gain strength
"His body strengthened"
give a healthy elasticity to
同义词：tonetone up
词汇搭配
用作动词 (v.)
～+名词
strengthen the city wall加固城墙
strengthen cooperation加强合作
strengthen determination to leave加强离开的决心
strengthen discipline加强纪律
strengthen legislation加强立法
strengthen national defence加强国防
strengthen the Party unity加强党的团结
strengthen physical capabilities增强体力
strengthen the weak links加强薄弱环节
词组短语
strengthen environmental protection加强环境保护
strengthen the awareness提高意识；强化意识
strengthen unity加强团结
strengthen discipline加强纪律
同近义词辨析
increase, reinforce, intensify, strengthen, aggravate这组词都有“加强”的意思，其区别是：
increasev.指数量上的增加。
The number of people has been increased.人数增加了。
reinforcev.增援，一般用于军队或警察的行动；(以添加材料等)加固。
A police officer saw three thieves robbing a bank and radioed to reinforce him.一位警察看到三个盗贼抢劫银行，用无线电话要求增援。
intensify v.使变得更强烈、剧烈，加剧，相当于to become more intense or intensive。
intensify colors加深色彩intensify hatred加深仇恨
strengthen v.加强，巩固，增强，相当于to become stronger。
Exercising every day strengthens the heart.每天锻炼可以提高心脏的功能。
Competition, they believe, strengthens the national character rather than corrupt it.人们认为竞争加强了民族性而不是破坏了它。
aggravatev.加重(负担、罪行、病情等)，使之恶化。
I hurt my foot, then aggravated it by trying to walk too soon.我的脚受伤了，而过早的下地走路又加重了伤情。
enhance, strengthenenhance增强，提高
strengthen加强，巩固
enhance, cement, strengthenenhance使…看起来更好；提高；美化
cement （比喻）将…结合在一起；加强；巩固。如cement a friendship表示“加强友谊”
strengthen使…更强
magnify, strengthenmagnify放大，扩大
strengthen加强，强化
双语例句
用作动词(v.)
He has been brought in to strengthen the defence.
已请他来加强后卫力量。
We will strengthen the protection of wet land.
我们将加强湿地保护。
Every effort was made to strengthen unity.
大家尽力加强团结。
The current strengthened as we moved down the river.
我们顺流而下时，水流更急了。
The wind strengthened during the night.
风在夜间刮得更猛了。
权威例句
From Preparation to Practice: Designing a Continuum To Strengthen and Sustain Teaching.Anabolism. Low mechanical signals strengthen long bones
Alpha2A-adrenoceptors strengthen working memory networks by inhibiting cAMP-HCN channel signaling in prefrontal cortex
College Libraries Should Strengthen the Building of Local Literature
Strengthen the Organizational Construction of Environmental Information, Advance the Environmental Management Informationization
The Health Consequences of Smoking; A Report of the Surgeon General: 1972.
Teachers as Curriculum Planners. Narratives of Experience.
Digital x-ray detector and fabrication method thereof
The recent surge in nurse employment: causes and implications.
Process for making photovoltaic devices and resultant product
strengthen (v.)
late 14c., from strength + -en (1). Related: Strengthened; strengthening; strengthener. Earlier verb was simply strength (12c.).
1. We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.
大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。
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2. We should do something together at weekends so as to strengthen our relationship.
为了巩固我们的感情，我们应该在周末一起做一些事情。
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3. In theory, everyone agrees that we need to strengthen and open up these institutions.
在理论上，每个人都同意我们需要加强和开放这些组织机构。
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4. You strengthen it every time you think it.
每一次你想到它便更强化它。
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5. Does this friendship strengthen me or weaken me?
这段友谊是让我变强还是变弱？
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6. If you strengthen me, support my best self, bring the best out of me, then you are a friend.
如果你使我变强了，支撑着我的最好的自我，让我变得更优秀，那么你是我的朋友。
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7. How to strengthen policy?
如何加强政策呢？
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8. Let us now fuse together now as one people who want to do something for the people of Kenya. Let us strengthen the foundation of multiparty democracy in our country.
现在让我们融汇在一起，团结起来，就像希望为肯尼亚人民作一些事情的同一个人，让我们一起巩固我国多党民主制的基础。
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9. If you do this you can strengthen your mind and your resolve and stay focused on your task.
只要这样做了，你就能强化你的头脑和你的决心并继续专注你的任务。
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10. As we have worked this week to find common ground and strengthen our alliances, we have not solved all of our problems. And we have not agreed on every point or every issue in every meeting.
奥巴马说，"本周我们为寻求共同立场、加强我们的联盟做出努力，尽管我们没有解决所有的问题，我们没有能够在每一个会议上，就每一点、每一个问题达成一致。
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11. All of these approaches have helped increase and strengthen our powers as an importing nation.
所有这些做法有助于提高和加强我们作为一个进口国的能力。
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12. We hope to strengthen effective cooperation with Afghanistan in this framework.
我们希望与阿富汗在这一框架中加强务实合作。
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13. This simple transfer, in and of itself, will strengthen your faith because it requires you at a very basic, yet intimate level, to acknowledge the sovereignty of God.
这个简单的转移本身会增强你的信仰，因为它在一个非常基础——然而也隐秘私人的层面上承认上帝的最高权威。
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14. "We should certainly strengthen cooperation in this field, " he said. "China and India have done a lot of conservation work inside their own nations.
“我们当然应该加强这块领域上的合作，”他说，“中国和印度已经在各自国家内做了很多环境保护的工作。
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15. So how do we strengthen our skeptical skills?
那么，我们如何加强自身的怀疑技能呢？
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16. I want to further strengthen our work on science and engineering curricula.
我想进一步加强我们在科学与工程课程方面的工作。
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17. Strengthen human resources and material assets with each victory.
用每个胜利加强人力资源和物质资产。
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18. Housing starts are still down, but if sales continue to strengthen, construction could pick up in the second half of 2009.
房屋开工仍然在下降，但如果销售额继续加强，建筑业可以在2009年下半年得到发展。
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19. I will strengthen the legitimacy, quality, and efficiency of our policy development processes.
我将加强我们政策发展过程的合理性、质量和效率。
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20. What’s next that might strengthen the ”We“ in media?
会出现什么来巩固媒体中”我们“的力量呢？
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21. How to strengthen policy?
如何加强政策？
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22. These strengthen and tone all 57 muscles of the face, neck and scalp.
这些动作能够加强并舒缓面部、颈部和头皮的全部57块肌肉。
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23. And there must be no doubt: As America’s first Pacific President, I promise you that this Pacific nation will strengthen and sustain our leadership in this vitally important part of the world.
毫无疑问，作为美国的首位心系太平洋的总统，我向你们承诺，这个太平洋国家将增强并持续保持我们在世界这一极其重要地区的主导地位。
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24. We are all directly affected by the crisis in Europe, but the economies gathered here are in a better position than most to take steps to strengthen growth in the face of these pressures from Europe.
我们都受到欧洲危机的直接影响，但在这里聚会的各经济体比大多数国家都处在一个更有利的地位，可以顶住来自欧洲的这些压力，采取措施、加强增长。
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25. This will do much to strengthen the research process and its ability to win public trust.
这将在加强研究工作及其赢得公众信任的能力方面发挥很大作用。
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26. This will do much to strengthen the research process and its ability to win public trust.
这将在加强研究工作及其赢得公众信任的能力方面发挥很大作用。
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27. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
削弱强者不能使弱者变得强壮。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
28. This lignification serves to stiffen and strengthen the cells.
木质化足以使细胞变硬和增强。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
29. Criticism and self-criticism strengthen unity.
批评与自我批评能增进团结。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
30. The United States should strengthen Pakistan which found itself in dire peril.
美国应当加强处于严重危险中的巴基斯坦。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
31. We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.
大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
32. We must strengthen the Party and increase its membership.
我们必须加强和扩大党组织。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
33. That measure will strengthen us. It will give us character abroad.
宣言将增强我们的力量，为我们赢得国际地位。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
34. Stones whet a sword, difficulties strengthen will-power.
石头是刀的朋友，障碍是意志的朋友。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
35. Our object is to further strengthen friendly relations between the two countries.
我们的目标是进一步增进我们两国之间的友好联系。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
36. From that moment, it seemed sorrow was to confirm and strengthen these ties.
从那一刻起，似乎要由苦难巩固加强这些关系了。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
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