1. 激励
2. 使绷紧，拉紧，系紧
3. 使防备
4. 振奋，振作（精神），鼓起勇气
5. 做好准备，做准备，防备
6. 顶住，抵住
7. 绷紧肌肉
8. 加强，加固
9. 支撑，撑牢，支住
10. 给...装拉条
11. 张（弓）
12. 叉开（两腿）
13. 使（神经）紧张
14. 【海】以转帆索转（帆）
15. 【印】用大括弧括
16. 使自己站稳
17. 拦住…当面(或提出)责问
18. 向…借钱；要求施舍

1. 一对，一双
2. 背带，吊裤带
3. 大括号，大括弧
4. 支柱，支架，撑柱，支持物
5. 【机】手摇曲柄钻
6. 矫正器
7. 箍子，夹子，牙箍
8. 猎获的一对鸟
9. 曲柄
10. 【建】拉条
11. 【机】撑臂

1. vt. 支住,撑牢,使绷紧 support; give firmness to; make (sth) stronger or firmer;reinforce
2. vt. 使自己站稳,振作起来 steady oneself; stand firm

1. a support that steadies or strengthens something else;

   "he wore a brace on his knee"
   

2. two items of the same kind

3. a set of two similar things considered as a unit

4. either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material

5. a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it

6. elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural)

7. an appliance that corrects dental irregularities

8. a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring

9. a structural member used to stiffen a framework

1. prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult

2. support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace;

   "brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel"
   

3. support by bracing

4. cause to be alert and energetic;

   "Coffee and tea stimulate me"
   "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"
   

1.使做好准备（面对不快的事或困难）
If youbrace yourself for something unpleasant or difficult, you prepare yourself for it.

e.g. He braced himself for the icy plunge into the black water...
他做好了准备要跳进冰冷的脏水里。
e.g. She braced herself, as if to meet a blow.
她严阵以待，仿佛准备面对打击。

2.（为保持平衡或避免摔倒）使紧靠
If youbrace yourselfagainst something orbrace part of your bodyagainst it, you press against something in order to steady your body or to avoid falling.

e.g. Elaine braced herself against the dresser and looked in the mirror...
伊莱恩紧贴着衣橱照镜子。
e.g. He braced his back against the wall.
他后背紧靠在墙上。

3.绷紧（肩或膝）
If youbrace your shoulders or knees, you keep them stiffly in a particular position.

e.g. He braced his shoulders as the snow slashed across his face.
雪花如刀割般刮在他的脸上，他绷紧了双肩。

4.支撑；加固
Tobrace something means to strengthen or support it with something else.

e.g. Overhead, the lights showed the old timbers, used tobrace the roof.
灯光照亮了头顶上支撑屋顶的旧房梁。

5.一对；一双
You can refer to two things of the same kind as abrace of that thing. The plural form is alsobrace .

e.g. ...abrace of bottles of Mercier Rose champagne.
两瓶玛喜尔玫瑰香槟
e.g. ...a fewbrace of grouse.
几对松鸡

6.（用以加固或支撑身体某部位的）支架，托架
Abrace is a device attached to a part of a person's body, for example to a weak leg, in order to strengthen or support it.

e.g. He wore leg braces after polio in childhood...
他幼时得过小儿麻痹症后双腿安上了支架。
e.g. She wears a neckbrace.
她戴着颈托。

7.牙齿矫正器；牙箍
Abrace is a metal device that can be fastened to a child's teeth in order to help them grow straight.

brace的反义词

8.（裤子的）背带，吊带
braces are a pair of straps that pass over your shoulders and fasten to your trousers at the front and back in order to stop them from falling down.

9.大括号
braces orcurly braces are a pair of written marks that you place around words, numbers, or parts of a computer code, for example to indicate that they are connected in some way or are separate from other parts of the writing or code.

1. 支架：在过去,有关矫形器术语的应用一直比较混乱,如有时称为支架(brace)、夹板(spint)器具(appiance)、辅助器(aid)等. 在具体品种方面亦有多种称法,如大腿支架、长腿支架、膝上支架都是指的同一个品种. 目前,在国外,

2. 响条：古典吉他除了使用的弦(早期使用羊肠弦,今日则使用尼龙弦)与民谣吉他不同外, 在琴身大小(较绝大部份的民谣吉他小)、指板宽度(较宽)、音箱内响条(brace)的扇形配置、琴头设计等,都与民谣吉他有著显著的分别.

3. 支撑：–下船体(Pontoon)主要尺寸的正方度公差为±25mm;–立柱(Column)中心距尺寸公差为±25mm;不圆度公差为±13mm;–支撑(brace)的尺寸变形不允许超过±13mm,邻近的对接管段连接处外形尺寸变形不能超过±13mm.

1. This strut braces the beam.
   这根柱子支撑房梁。
2. They braced themselves behind the gun.
   他们在炮后死死顶着。
3. We had to brace the walls when we put the new roof on.
   架上新房顶时我们得要撑牢墙壁。
4. The mountain air will brace you.
   山中空气将使你振作精神。
5. The fresh morning air brace him.
   清晨,新鲜的空气使他精神振作。
6. You should brace yourself.
   你应该振作起来。
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7. The struts are firmly braced.
   那些支柱上得很牢靠。

1. He braced himself to meet the blow.
   他振作精神去承受这个打击。
2. She braced herself to lead a normal life.
   她振作起来去过正常生活。

brace up (v.+adv.)

振奋精神 take heart
brace sth ⇔ up

They braced up the old house with balks of timber.

他们用梁木加固旧房子。

brace up

The doctor cautioned him to brace up.

医生告诫他要振奋精神。

brace sb ⇔ up

She braced herself up and tried once more.

她鼓起勇气又试了一次。

brace oneself for (v.+pron.+prep.)

做好准备 prepare for (sth)
brace oneself for sth

You had better brace yourself for some bad news.

有些坏消息,你最好做好准备。

The country is bracing itself for the threatened enemy invasion.

这个国家正准备奋起抵抗敌人的入侵威胁。

• The adverse winds in leathern bags he brac'd.

  出自：Pope

1. brace的基本意思是“支撑”,指“支住,撑牢,使绷紧”,以使被支撑物在压力面前坚固,坚硬,不屈服。引申可指“使某人站稳,振作起来”。
2. brace是及物动词,可接名词或代词作简单宾语,一般不接动名词或从句。

brace, bolster, buttress, maintain, prop, support, sustain

这组词的共同意思是“支撑”。其区别在于:support指有基础或基座来承受某物的压力或重量,使其不坍塌或倒下,用于比喻可指能够经受住艰难困苦而不屈服; bolster指用垫枕等支撑物来支撑或承受负荷; brace指用支柱、支架来支住、撑牢某物,使其能抗住压力; buttress指用在建筑物应力点上加扶壁的办法来支住、加固某物,引申指用物质、金钱、事实等来支持某论点; maintain指保持某种状况或状态,给予所需的力量,以防力量、价值等有所损失; prop指支持需要立即加强或加固的事物; sustain强调始终不渝地支撑或保持。例如:

This matter bolstered up his pride.这件事提高了他的自尊心。

The struts are firmly braced.构架的支柱很牢固。

She buttressed her argument with lots of solid facts.她用很多具体事实来支持她的论点。

The state maintains the highways.政府养护公路。

She propped up the baby's head by putting her hand behind its neck.她把手放在婴孩的头后,支撑他的头。

She was sustained by pride in her family.对家庭的自豪感支持着她。