He siphoned $1.2 billion from his companies to prop up his crumbling media empire.

他从他所有的公司抽调12亿美元用来支持他摇摇欲坠的媒体王国。

One night, his flatmates found him in his attic bedroom screaming and trying to prop up the roof with his arms.

一天晚上，他的室友们发现他在阁楼的卧室尖叫，还试着用手臂去够屋顶。

Do not prop up employment (no stimulus).

不要支撑就业(没有刺激计划)。

We had to prop up the roof with a wooden post.

我们必须用一根木柱子撑住屋顶。

He needs American and IMF cash to prop up a failing economy.

他需要美国及国际货币基金组织的现金来支撑一个摇摇欲坠的经济。

If necessary, prop up your feet with a footstool or other support.

如有必要，用脚凳或其它支持物垫起双脚。

Now Walmart hopes to see if higher prices will prop up America.

如今，沃尔玛正希望涨价能够帮助美国销量的增长。

Its willingness to use fiscal means to prop up the economy has helped, too.

使用财政手段来支撑经济的意愿是有所帮助的。

By 2001 saving had fallen to 5%, which helped to prop up consumer spending.

到2001年存款下降到5％，用于支持消费开支。

Never prop up your head with your elbows and hands during a conversation.

和人说话时千万不可用手和手肘撑着头，要把手老实地放在桌上。

That, in turn, should prop up construction spending andboost consumer spending.

这足以支持建筑支出和消费支出。

Canada is making desperate moves to prop up its tar sands and logging industries.

加拿大正不顾一切地采取行动，支撑其焦油砂和伐木业。

Yet in the long run creating money to prop up asset prices is not a sustainable tactic.

然而从长期来看，创造货币以支撑资产价格是种不可持续的手段。

A range of subsidies, plus free schooling and health care, prop up living standards.

一点补贴，加上免费的教育和医疗，仅达到生活标准。

Some countries, such as Ireland and Spain, have needed to find money to prop up their banks.

像爱尔兰、西班牙等一些国家需要寻找资金来支撑它们的银行体系。

The move would prop up credit insurers, which guarantee billions of dollars in bond payments.

此举将为信贷从业者提供数以十亿计的信用担保。

Motorola cut its price to gain market share and launched a dearer version to prop up margins.

摩托罗拉曾以降价来提高其市场占有率，又发布了一款更贵的版本来抵消利润损失。

Meanwhile Belarus said on Wednesday it too has asked the IMF for a loan to prop up its economy.

白俄罗斯周三表示，它也向IMF提出了贷款提振经济的请求。

Unlike Japan, which built “bridges to nowhere” to prop up its economy, China needs better infrastructure.

同日本“没有兴建桥梁的客观需要”来支撑经济不一样，中国需要更好的基础设施。

The country's strong cultural affinity for travel is helping prop up demand as other European markets falter.

在其它欧洲市场衰退之际，德国强烈的旅游文化亲和力却协助其获得市场需求。

Slashing interest rates would help to prop up house prices and encourage households to keep borrowing and spending.

大幅度下调利率将有助于支撑房价并鼓励家庭持续贷款和支出。

And yet the bank is still holding rates close to zero, and is pursuing a second round of QE to prop up asset prices.

尽管现在银行汇率一直接近零，美联储仍然在继续实行第二轮定量宽松政策以支持资产价格。