reinforce

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re·in·force /ˌriːənˈfɔːs $ -ˈfɔːrs/ W3 AWL verb [transitiveT]

1 STRONG FEELING OR BELIEFto give support to an opinion, idea, or feeling, and make it stronger 加强，强化〔观点、思想或感觉〕

The film reinforces the idea that women should be pretty and dumb.

这部影片强化了这个观点——女人要漂亮，而且要笨一些。

2. STRONG OBJECTto make part of a building, structure, piece of clothing etc stronger 加强，加固〔建筑的一部分、结构等〕；使〔衣物的某个部位〕更结实

3. PMSTRONG PERSONto make a group of people, especially an army, stronger by adding people, equipment etc 增援，使更强大，加强〔尤指军队〕的力量

Examples from the Corpus

reinforce• If all goes well, the skills develop interactively as they are supposed to, do complement and reinforce each other.• Devote most of your time to reinforcing good behavior, with smiles, hugs, compliments or special privileges.• In the present case Mr. Glick was fully entitled to, and did, point to practical considerations to reinforce his argument.• The depictions on paper money and coins reinforce national icons and symbols.• It could reinforce prescriptions for an appropriate scientific method.• Huge beams have been added at the top of the walls to reinforce the carved medieval roof.• Mobile forms of macrophage circulate in the blood, ready to be recruited into inflamed tissue to reinforce the cells already there.• In most cases, the school environment tends to reinforce the influence of the home background.• This reinforces the stereotype that blondes have no brains.• Overprotective parents may bombard their young children with messages that reinforce their lack of mastery.• The dam was reinforced with 20,000 sandbags.• The sea wall at Southend is being reinforced with tons of cement.

Origin reinforce

(1400-1500) inforce ((14-17 centuries)), from enforce

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