support

verb

鼓励；支持 encourage/give help

1. 支持；拥护；鼓励
   to help or encourage sb/sth by saying or showing that you agree with them/it
   1. to support a proposal
      支持一项提议
   2. The government supported the unions in their demand for a minimum wage.
      政府支持这些工会组织提出的确定最低限度工资的要求。
   3. These measures are strongly supported by environmental groups.
      这些措施得到环境保护组织的大力支持。
   4. If you raise it at the meeting, I'll support you.
      如果你在会上提出这个问题，我将支持你。
2. 帮助；援助
   to give or be ready to give help to sb if they need it
   1. an organization that supports people with AIDS
      一个向艾滋病患者提供援助的组织
   2. The company will support customers in Europe (= solve their problems with a product) .
      这家公司将向欧洲客户提供技术支持。

提供资金等 provide money, etc.

3. 资助；赞助
   to help or encourage sth to be successful by giving it money
   1. Several major companies are supporting the project.
      几家大公司正在对这一项目提供资助。
4. 养活；赡养；扶养；维持
   to provide everything necessary, especially money, so that sb/sth can live or exist
   1. Mark has two children to support from his first marriage.
      马克得扶养他第一次婚姻生的两个孩子。
   2. He turned to crime to support his drug habit.
      他为维持吸毒的恶习而走上犯罪的道路。
   3. The atmosphere of Mars could not support life.
      生命无法在火星的大气环境下生存。

支撑 hold in position

5. 支撑；支承；支护
   to hold sb/sth in position; to prevent sb/sth from falling
   1. a platform supported by concrete pillars
      混凝土支柱支撑的平台
   2. Support the baby's head when you hold it.
      你抱婴儿时要把头扶好。

证实 help prove sth

6. 证实；提供依据
   to help to show that sth is true
   1. The witness's story was not supported by the evidence.
      目击者的描述与证据不符。

运动队 sports team

7. 支持；喜爱
   to like a particular sports team, watch their games, etc.
   1. Which team do you support?
      你喜欢哪个队？

流行音乐会 pop concert

8. （在流行音乐会上）当助演，担任演出嘉宾
   to perform in a pop concert before the main performer
   1. They were supported by a local Liverpool band.
      利物浦当地的一支乐队为他们作助兴演出。

计算机 computer

9. 支持；支援
   to allow a particular program, language or device to be used with it
   1. This digital audio player supports multiple formats.
      这台数字音频播放器支持多种格式。

noun

鼓励；资金 encouragement/money

1. 支持；拥护；鼓励；资助
   encouragement and help that you give to sb/sth because you approve of them and want them to be successful
   1. There is strong public support for the change.
      公众大力支持这一变革。
   2. Can I rely on your support (= will you vote for me) in the election?
      我能指望你投我的票吗？
   3. Only a few people spoke in support of the proposal.
      只有几个人表示支持这一提议。
   4. Local businesses have provided financial support .
      当地企业提供了财政资助。
   5. She has no visible means of support (= no work, income etc.) .
      她没有明确的生计来源。

帮助 help

2. 帮助；救助；援助
   sympathy and help that you give to sb who is in a difficult or unhappy situation
   1. Her family and friends have given her lots of support.
      家人和朋友给了她许多帮助。

支撑 holding in position

3. 支撑物；支承；支柱；支座
   a thing that holds sth and prevents it from falling
   1. The supports under the bridge were starting to bend.
      桥下的支柱开始弯曲。
   2. When my father died, Jim was a real support.
      我父亲死后，吉姆成了真正的顶梁柱。
4. 支撑；支承；支护
   the act of holding sth firmly in position or preventing it from falling
   1. I wrapped a bandage around my ankle to give it some support.
      我在脚踝上缠上绷带，好把它固定住。
   2. She held on to his arm for support.
      她抓着他的胳膊，好站稳。
5. （身体部位的）支持器，托
   something you wear to hold an injured or weak part of your body firmly in position
   1. a knee/back support
      护膝 / 背

证据 proof

6. 证据；依据
   evidence that helps to show that sth is true or correct
   1. The statistics offer further support for our theory.
      这些统计数字为我们的理论提供了进一步的依据。

流行音乐会 pop concert

7. 助演嘉宾
   a band or singer who performs in a pop concert before the main performer
   1. The support (act) has yet to be confirmed.
      助演尚未确定。

技术帮助 technical help

8. （公司向客户提供的）技术支持
   technical help that a company gives to customers using their computers or other products
   1. We offer free technical support .
      我们免费提供技术支持。

1. VERB 支持;赞同;拥护
   If you support someone or their ideas or aims, you agree with them, and perhaps help them because you want them to succeed.
   1. The vice president insisted that he supported the hard-working people of New York...
      副总统坚称他支持辛勤工作的纽约人。
   2. The National Union of Mineworkers pressed the party to support a total ban on imported coal.
      全国矿工工会向该政党施压，要求其同意全面禁止煤炭进口。
   3. Support is also a noun.
      
   4. The prime minister gave his full support to the government's reforms...
      首相对政府改革予以全力支持。
   5. They are prepared to resort to violence in support of their beliefs.
      他们准备诉诸暴力来捍卫自己的信仰。
2. N-UNCOUNT 帮助;支持;支援;援助
   If you give support to someone during a difficult or unhappy time, you are kind to them and help them.
   1. It was hard to come to terms with her death after all the support she gave to me and the family...
      她曾经给予我和家人莫大的帮助，她的死讯令人难以接受。
   2. We hope to continue to have her close support and friendship.
      我们希望她能继续大力支持，并能与她维持亲密友谊。
3. N-UNCOUNT (通常指政府的)赞助，资助
   Financial support is money provided to enable an organization to continue. This money is usually provided by the government.
   1. ...the government's proposal to cut agricultural support by only about 15%.
      仅削减约 15%的农业拨款的政府提案
4. VERB 资助;供养;赡养
   If you support someone, you provide them with money or the things that they need.
   1. I have children to support, money to be earned, and a home to be maintained...
      我要抚养孩子，挣钱养家。
   2. She sold everything she'd ever bought in order to support herself through art school.
      为了供自己读完艺术学校，她把过去购置的所有东西都卖掉了。
5. VERB 证实;为…提供依据
   If a fact supports a statement or a theory, it helps to show that it is true or correct.
   1. The Freudian theory about daughters falling in love with their father has little evidence to support it.
      弗洛伊德关于女儿恋父的理论缺乏依据。
   2. Support is also a noun.
      
   3. The two largest powers in any system must always be major rivals. History offers some support for this view.
      任何制度里两个最大的权力组织必定总是主要对手，这一点历史可以提供佐证。
6. VERB 支承;支撑;支护
   If something supports an object, it is underneath the object and holding it up.
   1. ...the thick wooden posts that supported the ceiling...
      支撑天花板的粗木柱子
   2. Let your baby sit on the floor propped up with plenty of cushions to support him.
      让宝宝坐在地板上，多放几个垫子让他倚靠。
7. 支撑物;支柱
   A support is a bar or other object that supports something.
8. VERB 支撑(身体);倚靠
   If you support yourself, you prevent yourself from falling by holding onto something or by leaning on something.
   1. He supported himself by means of a nearby post.
      他靠在旁边的柱子上。
   2. Support is also a noun.
      
   3. Alice, very pale, was leaning against him as if for support.
      脸色苍白的艾丽斯靠在他身上，像在寻求支撑。
9. VERB 支持，喜爱(运动队)
   If you support a sports team, you always want them to win and perhaps go regularly to their games.
   1. Tim, 17, supports Manchester United.
      17 岁的蒂姆支持曼联队。
10. (音乐会、演出的)助演演员，助演乐队
    At a concert or show, the support or the support act is a less well-known person or band who performs before the main person or band.
11. See also: supporting

If you dislike something very much or get annoyed by it, you do not say 'I can't support it'. You say 'I can't bear it' or 'I can't stand it'. She can't bear the new Labour government... I cannot stand going shopping
如要表达非常不喜欢或很讨厌某事物，不说 I can't support it，而说 I can't bear it 或 I can't stand it，如：She can't bear the new Labour government (她对新的工党政府非常不满)，I cannot stand going shopping (我讨厌购物)。

1. He and his wife both strongly support abortion rights.
   他和妻子都强烈支持堕胎权。
2. I support your advocacy of free trade.
   我支持你自由贸易的主张。
3. We are doing this all without any support from the hospital
   我们正在没有得到医院方面任何支持的情况下做这件事。
4. We have been very appreciative of their support
   我们对他们的支持一直心存感激。
5. The agreement won broad support in the US Congress.
   这一协议在美国国会中赢得了广泛的支持。
6. I needed this man's love, and the emotional support he was giving me
   我需要这个男人的爱，以及他在情感上给我的支持。
7. His economic mismanagement has lost him the support of the general public.
   他对经济的管理不善使他失去了广大民众的支持。
8. She offered him emotional and practical support in countless ways
   她以数不清的方式给予了他情感上和实质上的支持。
9. His campaign attracted the support of feminists, peaceniks and ecologists.
   他发起的运动得到了女权主义者、反战分子和生态学家的支持。
10. The proposals deserve support as they give priority to the needs of children.
    这些提议值得拥护，因为它们优先考虑了儿童的需求。
11. He's already solicited their support on health care reform
    他已就医疗改革问题请求他们的支持。
12. He had the complete support of hospital staff.
    他得到了医院职工的全力支持。
13. The vice president insisted that he supported the hard-working people of New York
    副总统坚称他支持辛勤工作的纽约人。
14. The National Union of Mineworkers pressed the party to support a total ban on imported coal.
    全国矿工工会向该政党施压，要求其同意全面禁止煤炭进口。
15. It was hard to come to terms with her death after all the support she gave to me and the family
    她曾经给予我和家人莫大的帮助，她的死讯令人难以接受。
16. We hope to continue to have her close support and friendship.
    我们希望她能继续大力支持，并能与她维持亲密友谊。
17. I have children to support, money to be earned, and a home to be maintained
    我要抚养孩子，挣钱养家。
18. She sold everything she'd ever bought in order to support herself through art school.
    为了供自己读完艺术学校，她把过去购置的所有东西都卖掉了。
19. The Freudian theory about daughters falling in love with their father has little evidence to support it.
    弗洛伊德关于女儿恋父的理论缺乏依据。
20. Let your baby sit on the floor propped up with plenty of cushions to support him.
    让宝宝坐在地板上，多放几个垫子让他倚靠。
21. He supported himself by means of a nearby post.
    他靠在旁边的柱子上。
22. Tim, 17, supports Manchester United.
    17岁的蒂姆支持曼联队。
23. I am sustained by letters of support and what people say to me in ordinary daily life
    这些支持的信件和人们每天对我的鼓励一直支撑着我。
24. I was so thankful for his support
    我对他的支持非常感激。
25. There is widespread support for the new proposals
    新提议获得了广泛的支持。
26. Our just and severe statement has won the support of the overwhelming majority.
    我们义正辞严的声明赢得了大多数的支持.
27. This is what we support.
    这是我们所拥护的。
28. He had three children to support.
    他有三个孩子要扶养。
29. They support each other in their work.
    他们在工作中互相支持。
30. Needy and handicapped people depend on government relief for their support.
    穷人和残疾人依靠政府的救济维持生计。

  support back uphold【导航词义：支持】

  support v. 支持

〔辨析〕含义广泛，多指在道义或物质上支持某人或某项事业。

  back v. 支持，资助

〔辨析〕尤指以金钱、影响力等对某人或某事物给予支持。

  uphold v. 支持，维护

〔辨析〕较正式用词，指在道义、行动等方面给予某人或某事物以支持。

noun

1. documentary validation
   1. his documentation of the results was excellent
   2. the strongest support for this view is the work of Jones

   Synonym:    documentation

2. a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission
   1. they called for artillery support

   Synonym:    reinforcementreenforcement

3. the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening
   1. he leaned against the wall for support

   Synonym:    supporting

4. aiding the cause or policy or interests of
   1. the president no longer has the support of his own party
   2. they developed a scheme of mutual support

5. the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities
   1. his support kept the family together
   2. they gave him emotional support during difficult times

6. any device that bears the weight of another thing
   1. there was no place to attach supports for a shelf

7. supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation
   1. the statue stood on a marble support

8. something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest
   1. the policy found little public support
   2. his faith was all the support he needed
   3. the team enjoyed the support of their fans

9. a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts

   Synonym:    accompanimentmusical accompanimentbackup

10. the financial means whereby one lives
    1. each child was expected to pay for their keep
    2. he applied to the state for support
    3. he could no longer earn his own livelihood

    Synonym:    keeplivelihoodlivingbread and buttersustenance

11. financial resources provided to make some project possible
    1. the foundation provided support for the experiment

    Synonym:    financial supportfundingbackingfinancial backing

verb

1. establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
   1. his story confirmed my doubts
   2. The evidence supports the defendant

   Synonym:    confirmcorroboratesustainsubstantiateaffirm

2. put up with something or somebody unpleasant
   1. I cannot bear his constant criticism
   2. The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks
   3. he learned to tolerate the heat
   4. She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage

   Synonym:    digestendurestick outstomachbearstandtoleratebrookabidesufferput up

3. adopt as a belief
   1. I subscribe to your view on abortion

   Synonym:    subscribe

4. argue or speak in defense of
   1. She supported the motion to strike

   Synonym:    defendfend for

5. be a regular customer or client of
   1. We patronize this store
   2. Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could

   Synonym:    patronizepatronisepatronagekeep going

6. be the physical support of
   1. The beam holds up the roof
   2. He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam
   3. What's holding that mirror?

   Synonym:    holdsustainhold up

7. play a subordinate role to (another performer)
   1. Olivier supported Gielgud beautifully in the second act

8. support materially or financially
   1. he does not support his natural children
   2. The scholarship supported me when I was in college

9. be behind
   1. He plumped for the Labor Party
   2. I backed Kennedy in 1960

   Synonym:    backendorseindorseplump forplunk for

10. give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to
    1. She supported him during the illness
    2. Her children always backed her up

    Synonym:    back up

11. support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm
    1. The stories and claims were born out by the evidence

    Synonym:    corroborateunderpinbear out