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

• 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。
• Effective measures should be taken to firm up the prices.
  应该采取有效措施稳定物价。
• Exercise will firm up your muscles.
  锻炼身体能使肌肉结实。
• Firm up a contract, deal, agreement, etc It was finally agreed.
  使合同、交易、协议等达成最后形式。
• Running is a good way to firm up your leg muscles.
  跑步是使你腿部肌肉变结实的好方法。
• 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！
• Exercise for just 20 minutes a day to firm up even the saggiest bottom.
  每天只锻炼20分钟，即使最松弛的臀部也会变挺翘。
• Put the pie shell back into the freezer for1 hour to firm up.
  把饼皮冻回冰箱约1个钟头左右、使其紧实。
• 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。
• Astronomers won't have to wait that long to firm up their understanding of the outer solar system, though: Sicardy and his team already have occultations in hand from other Kuiper Belt objects.
  但天文学家们不必等那久来证实他们对太阳系外层的理解。斯卡德和他的团队已经掌握了其它柯伊伯带星体的掩星。