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

• Effective measures should be taken to firm up the prices.
  应该采取有效措施稳定物价。
• Before watering the cuttings, you have to firm up the soil.
  在给插条浇水前，你得先把泥土压实。
• This time of year, as department heads firm up their budgets for 2012, is the right moment to negotiate a pay hike.
  在这个时候，部门经理要开始制订2012年的预算，这正是一个要求提高薪水的好时机。
• 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。
• I'll return to Shanghai tomorrow, if I can firm up my air ticket.
  如果我能把飞机票定下来的话，我打算明天回上海。
• Has her own firm up on11.
  她有自己的事务所，在11楼。
• This exercise will help to firm up those flabby thighs.
  这项锻炼会有助于使那两条松弛的大腿变结实。
• Let's firm up the details of the contract at our next meeting.
  让我们在下次会议上明确合同的细则。
• Looking to the future, the Government will firm up their plans for a cleaner, greener, safer Britain
  展望未来，政府将更加明确其计划，建设一个更清洁、更环保、更安全的英国。
• So the next time youre faced with a choice that takes self-control, clench your fist or firm that bicep. Your will might firm up, too.
  因此当你下次面临和自制力有关的抉择时，握紧你的拳头，又或者是绷紧你的二头肌，你的意志力也会随你的肌肉坚实起来呢！