動詞 prop up:

1. support by placing against something solid or rigid
   同義詞：prop, shore up, shore

1. The government refuses to prop up inefficient industries.
   政府拒絕補貼效益不佳的行業(yè)。
2. It is not the government's policy to prop up declining industries.
   資助不景氣的工業(yè)不是政府的政策。
3. The regime has been propped up by several monopoly capitalists.
   那個政權(quán)一直是受到若干壟斷資本家的支持而維持著的。