buoyed

英 [bɔɪd]

美 [bɔɪd]

v.  鼓舞; 鼓励; 使漂浮; 使浮起; 使(价格)上浮; 使(价格)维持于较高水平
buoy的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• 浮标；航标
  Abuoyis a floating object that is used to show ships and boats where they can go and to warn them of danger.
• VERB 鼓舞；鼓励；使振奋
  If someone in a difficult situationis buoyedby something, it makes them feel more cheerful and optimistic.
  1. In May they danced in the streets, buoyed by their victory...
     5月里，他们在大街上载歌载舞，欢庆胜利。
  2. German domestic consumption buoyed the German economy.
     德国的国内消费刺激了德国经济。
  3. Buoy upmeans the same asbuoy.
     buoy up同buoy
  4. They are buoyed up by a sense of hope.
     希望使他们振作起来。

双语例句

• The stock market was buoyed by comments from the Bank of England chairman.
  英格兰银行董事长的评论振奋了股市。
• Microsoft shares have surged 28 percent this year, buoyed by cost controls and sales of business and server software amid weak demand for personal computers running the new Windows 8 operating system.
  在对运行新的Windows8操作系统的个人电脑需求疲软之中，凭借成本控制和商业、服务器软件的销售，微软股价今年上涨了28%。
• Participating schools have been buoyed by the entrepreneurial success stories they are starting to see.
  一些成功的创业故事正在开始上演，这使参与该计划的院校受到了激励。
• What buoyed him up was the thought of a holiday soon.
  使他感到鼓舞的是很快就要度假了。
• When the time came, he buoyed Carrie up most effectually.
  到了该上场时，他已卓有成效地给嘉莉打足了气。
• Latest US export figures suggesting continued strong Chinese demand buoyed corn and soyabean prices, with bad weather also raising worries about supplies of the cereals.
  最新美国出口数据似乎表明，持续强劲的中国需求提振了玉米和大豆价格，同时糟糕的天气令人对这些谷物的供应感到担忧。
• What buoyed me up was the thought of a holiday soon.
  想到很快就要度假了，我颇受鼓舞。
• The fact that GM averted a potentially costly strike also buoyed investors.
  通用汽车避免了一场有可能付出极大代价的罢工也让投资者感到欣喜。
• I was still buoyed by the evening's mood of reconciliation and the geniality of the audience.
  我仍然沉浸在昨晚的和解气氛和听众的友好反应之中。
• She was buoyed up by the hope of winning the record.
  她全靠赢得记录的希望支撑着。