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Prop up的原意是指托住、支撐，以免倒塌，引申出來有幫助、鼓勵、支持的意思。The US Department of Agriculture has proposed to spend US$4.7 billion to prop up farmers hurt by tariffs, 美國農業部計劃拿出47億美元幫助農民，以減輕關稅造成的痛苦。Prop up 多帶有臨時性，例如China looks to prop up its currency as it heads for a record losing streak，人民幣創紀錄的跌勢讓中國考慮出手支撐。The company would go bankrupt if the government didn't prop it up with special tax breaks，如果不是政府給予特殊的稅收優惠支持，這個公司就會破產。我們今天學習的詞是prop up, prop up, prop up...
