strengthen

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify. transitive
    — strengthen a muscle
  2. To empower; to give moral strength to; to encourage; to enhearten. transitive
    — Charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him.
  3. To augment; to improve; to intensify. transitive
  4. To reinforce, to add to, to support (someone or something) transitive
    — strengthen an army
  5. To substantiate; to corroborate (a belief, argument, etc.) transitive
    — strengthen the cause
  6. To grow strong or stronger. intransitive
    — my affection seems so superfluous that I often wonder why it should be so strong. But wise or foolish, there it is, strengthening with the years whether I will or no

词形变化

strengthens present,singular,third-person strengthening participle,present strengthened participle,past strengthened past

词汇关系

近义词
anneal brace build up confirm enstrengthen fortify harden intend indurate invigorate munite nerve nerve up reinforce roborate steel strength strengthen thicken
反义词
weaken atrophy debilitate enervate enfeeble
下位词
beef up enforce instrengthen make for temper tone up prop up shore up restrengthen
衍生词
enstrengthen instrengthen nonstrengthened prestrengthen restrengthen strengthenable strengthener strengtheningly strengthening plaster strengthen up unstrengthened unstrengthening
相关词
augment

词源

From rare Middle English strengthenen (14th c.), from earlier strengthen (12th c.), where -en is the infinitive ending. Probably the original form was reinterpreted as strength + -en around the time when the infinitive ending was being apocopated in late Middle English.
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