Picture steel bars being set inside concrete before it sets: the thing already exists, and something is added so it can take more load. Whether what is being strengthened is a wall, a belief, or a line of troops, the move is the same — add to what is there so it holds.
可以想成：混凝土還沒凝固前，先把鋼筋放進去——東西本來就在，只是再加點什麼進去，讓它撐得住更大的力。不管被加強的是一面牆、一個想法，還是一支部隊，動作都一樣：往既有的東西上再添，讓它更站得住。
登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
reinforceverb/ˌɹiː.ɪnˈfɔːs/
- 1
To strengthen, especially by addition or augmentation.
- He reinforced the handle with a metal rod and a bit of tape.
- [T]hey [the English] valiantly, and vvith the ſlaughter of many, put backe the enemy: vvhich vvas ſo farre from daunting the Normans, that by it they vvere more vvhetted to re-enforce themſelues vpon them: […]
- 2
To emphasize or review.
- The right homework will reinforce and complement the lesson!
- The accident was also one of several since Clapham [...] that demonstrated the role of breakable windows in the death toll. RSSB research would later confirm and reinforce the need for laminated glass to protect passengers and increase survivability.
- 3
To encourage (a behavior or idea) through repeated stimulus.
- Advertising for fast food can reinforce unhealthy dietary tendencies.
- Mr. Schlossberg’s rant angered activists for immigrant rights, who said it reinforced stereotypes that Spanish speakers are not citizens. And they worried that it perpetuated fear within immigrant communities of ICE’s aggressive tactics to deport those who are undocumented.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。