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词汇 buoyed
释义 buoyed
past simple and past participle ofbuoy
buoy
verb
uk /bɔɪ/ us /bɔɪ/ us /ˈbuː.i/

buoyverb (FLOAT)


[ T ]
to prevent someone or something from sinking: 使浮起
The very salty water buoyed her (up) as she swam.她游泳时,含盐量非常高的水使她漂浮了起来。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Staying afloat, capsizing & sinking
bail out
buoy
buoyancy
buoyant
buoyantly
capsize
float
floatation
flotation
founder
ground
kickboard
outrigger
refloat
ride
run aground/ashoreidiom
scupper
scuttle
sunken
waterlogged

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:


Physical supports and supporting

buoyverb (MAKE HAPPIER)


[ Tusually passive ]
to make someone feel happier or more confident about a situation: 鼓舞;鼓励,使…更自信
She was buoyed (up) by the warm reception her audience gave her.观众们热烈的欢迎使她倍受鼓舞。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Encouraging and urging on
abet
barrack for someone
bread
bring
bring someone out
cultivate
get in there!idiom
get out of here!idiom
go on
good/great/lovely stuff!idiom
goose
muster
pave
pave the wayidiom
pep talk
permit
prepare
spur
stimulus
stoke

buoyverb (MAKE SUCCESSFUL)


[ Tusually passive ]
to support something and make it more successful: 支持;使更成功
House prices have been buoyed (up) in the area by the possibility of a new factory opening.因为可能有一家新工厂在此开设,所以该地区的房价一直居高不下。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Backing, supporting & defending
adopt
advocacy
affirmation
ally yourself to/with someone
argumentation
bail out
bat
bet
buoy
champion
commitment
over-favour
pander to someone/something
prop something up
provide
provide for someone
solidly
sustenance
underpin
wave/show/fly the flagidiom

Examples of buoyed


buoyed

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


He offered a bold theory, buoyed by its consistency with the data of embryonic development.
For years, the scientific literature has been buoyed by the influx of money brought in by advertising for this or that drug.
It places racism near the apex of our current social evolution - buoyed by the upward thrust of the spiral.
Yet the people were sustained and buoyed by the knowledge that they were at least going to be free.
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It is understandable: buoyed by money and power, people do forget.
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It does not want to be buoyed up with false hopes.
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It is a recovery led by press releases, buoyed up by mistaken forecasts and advancing on the crest of a wave of pre-election hype.
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During the war we buoyed up their hopes through broadcasts and other means.
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Our exporters require to be buoyed up by a weak rather than strong currency.
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Every time we approach this exercise we are all buoyed up by the hope that the operation will not be necessary again.
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This provision is required so that the dredged approach channel may be extended, lighted, buoyed and subject to the harbour master's jurisdiction.
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They have been buoyed up with the hope that changes were going to take place.
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I have some experience of dealing with a strong currency buoyed up by hydrocarbons.
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They go home buoyed up by the hope that they are going to get a good start.
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What we want to do is to create more confidence among ordinary people who are not buoyed up by this kind of excessive optimism.
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