supported

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. Leaders in America have generally supported military action
   美国领导人普遍支持采取军事行动。
2. The ceilings are supported by oak beams.
   房顶用橡木横梁支撑。
3. The advertising campaign will be supported by a PR and below-the-line promotion
   广告宣传活动将采取公关和线下促销的形式。
4. I supported us by writing bilge for women's magazines.
   我胡乱给女性杂志写点东西，维持我们的生计。
5. Not surprisingly, they supported their co-religionists.
   他们支持他们的教友，这不足为奇。
6. Deep down, she supported her husband's involvement in the organization.
   在心底里，她支持丈夫参加这个组织。
7. The movement is supported by key figures in the three main political parties.
   这个运动受到三大政党关键人物的支持。
8. Only a minority of the people supported the Revolution.
   只有少数人支持这场革命。
9. He is expected to be supported at the meeting by Dennis Skinner and Tony Benn among others.
   他预计将在会上获得包括丹尼斯·斯金纳和托尼·本在内的很多人的支持。
10. There are signs of paramilitary activity supported from abroad.
    有迹象表明，非法军事组织的活动得到了国外势力的支持。
11. He supported the planning authority in refusing the application because of pressures on the Green Belt.
    他支持城镇规划部门拒绝该项申请，因为这会给绿化带带来损害。
12. The president prefaced his remarks by saying he has supported unemployment benefits all along.
    总统在发表讲话前说他一直以来都支持发放失业津贴。
13. They supported the retention of a strong central government.
    他们赞成保留一个强大的中央政府。
14. Stem-cell research is supported by many doctors.
    干细胞研究得到了很多医生的支持。
15. 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。
16. He supported himself by means of a nearby post.
    他靠在旁边的柱子上。
17. They were supported by us both materially and spiritually.
    他们既得到了我们的物质上的支持也得到我们精神上的声援。
18. The grandson gave his grandfather his arm and carefully supported him.
    孙子小心翼翼地扶着爷爷。
19. Just then a white-haired old woman entered, supported by a girl.
    这时候，一个女孩搀着一位白发苍苍的老太太走了进来。
20. The porch is supported by six immense pillars.
    门廊由六根大柱子支撑着。
21. The roof of the new tunnel hasn't been properly supported, it shows signs of falling in.
    新隧道的顶部支撑得不好，已显出坍塌的迹象。
22. We just need a tent supported on a rigid framework.
    我们正需要一座用坚硬的架子支撑的帐篷。
23. In fact, improvement of technical translation requires an appropriate approach supported by a theoretical framework.
    事实上科技翻译的进步需要一种在理论框架支持下合适的方法。
24. The bridge is supported by three pillars.
    桥由三座桥墩支撑着。
25. He supported the tobacco company last year to the amount of ￡ 40,000.
    他去年资助该烟草公司数额达四万英镑。
26. The roof of the church was supported by stone pillars.
    这座教堂的屋顶由石柱支撑着。
27. It is frequently supported by other weapons, such as picketing and boycott.
    通常还有其他武器的支持它，如设立纠察线，和实行抵制活动。
28. The dome was supported by white marble columns.
    圆顶由白色大理石柱支撑着。
29. It shows the approved and supported TL upgrades methods provided by IBM.
    它介绍了IBM提供的已批准和支持的TL升级方法。
30. Support and governance model: Describes how the SOA will be supported and governed.
    支持和控制模型：描述将如何支持和控制SOA。

adj

1. held up or having the weight borne especially from below
   1. supported joints in a railroad track have ties directly under the rail ends

2. sustained or maintained by aid (as distinct from physical support)
   1. a club entirely supported by membership dues
   2. well-supported allegations