brace
常考释义
1.[c]箍子；夹子；支架a device that holds things firmly together or holds and supports them in position
a neck brace(= worn to support the neck after an injury)矫治用的颈箍
2.[c]（儿童）牙箍a metal device that children wear inside the mouth to help their teeth grow straight
3.[pl]吊裤带；背带long narrow pieces of cloth, leather, etc. for holding trousers/pants up. They are fastened to the top of the trousers/pants at the front and back and passed over the shoulders.
a pair of braces一副吊裤带
4.[c][usupl]双脚规形夹（支撑无力或受伤的腿的金属支架）a metal support for weak or injured legs
5.[c]大括弧；大括号either of the two marks, { }, used to show that the words, etc. between them are connected
6.[c]猎获的一对鸟（或兽）a pair of birds or animals that have been killed in hunting
1.~ sb/yourself (for sth).~ sb/yourself (to do sth)（为困难或坏事）使做准备；使防备to prepare sb/yourself for sth difficult or unpleasant that is going to happen
UN troops are braced for more violence.联合国部队准备应付更多的暴行。
They are bracing themselves for a long legal battle.他们在为漫长的法律诉讼做准备。
2.~ sth/yourself (against sth)使（身体或身体部位）顶住，抵住（以免跌倒等）to press your body or part of your body firmly against sth in order to stop yourself from falling
They braced themselves against the wind.他们顶着大风站稳。
3.~ sth（做费劲的事之前）绷紧肌肉to contract the muscles in your body or part of your body before doing sth that is physically difficult
He stood with his legs and shoulders braced, ready to lift the weights.他绷紧腿和肩膀站着，准备举起杠铃。
4.~ sth加强；加固to make sth stronger or more solid by supporting it with sth
The roof was braced by lengths of timber.屋顶用几根木头支撑固定住了。
I threw my hands out to brace the fall, and my hand drove into a broken tree branch beneath it, opening a hole in the middle of my palm.
我伸手想要阻止下滑，却撑到一根破树枝，手掌正中开了个洞。
Right now I am walking with a brace and crutches, but at least I am able to get around a little bit.
现在我需要借助拐杖走路，虽然不是很灵便，但至少我可以到户外活动一小会儿。
He took lessons, and had to wear a hip brace for a year.
他上了芭蕾课，还戴了一年的矫正器。
Each and every one of these deaths is tragic, and we have to brace ourselves to see more.
每例死亡都是一场悲剧，而且我们必须有准备目睹更多的死亡。
It's a bit like orangutans do, reaching their arms up to branches to brace themselves as they move along.
他们向前走时，有点像猩猩一样，伸着胳膊，抓着树枝支撑自己。
Mr Heathcliff has just honoured me with a calls About seven days ago he sent me a brace of grouse--the last of the season.
希刺克厉夫先生刚刚光临来看了我。大概在七天以前他送我一对松鸡——这是这季节的最后两只了。
It was easy to think this; but it was hard to brace himself up to try it.
这事情想想倒是容易；可是他却很难壮起胆来试一下。
The night of Athens is still there, just like the brace scored by Pippo Inzaghi who made it magical and unforgettable.
雅典之夜的记忆仍在，就像皮波因扎吉画上了光痕让它梦幻而难忘。
Bettylikes the games, painting and singing, but she wants to be near her mother, so Ms Brace is very worried.
贝蒂喜欢游戏、画画和唱歌，可是她更想呆在她妈妈旁边。这让布雷斯女士很担心。
Just look at this mess! I'll try to help you clean it up but you'd brace yourself for a real scolding by Mom when she gets back.
你把房间弄得这么乱。我可以帮你收拾，但你还是准备好等妈妈回来骂你一顿吧。
He learned to brace himself as he approached her for what was almost certain to follow.
他已学会应付当自己接近她时几乎肯定会发生的事情。
The two shoulder between them a mere two rucksacks, plus a brace of day sacks which a guide transports separately on a motorbike.
两人合起来只扛了两个背包，另外一对睡袋包则是由向导分开运输。
The next thing I laid hold of was a brace of pistols, and as I already had a powder-horn and bullets, I felt myself well supplied with arms.
然后我拿了两只手枪，因为我已有一筒火药和一些子弹，就觉得武装得够可以的了。
Brace yourselves. You may be shocked by what I am about to tell you.
打起精神来吧，听我讲些事情，你可能会感到吃惊。
All of us ought to be able to brace ourselves for the predicable challenges and setbacks that crop up everyday .
我们每天都应该让自己做好准备，迎接可以预见的挫折和挑战。
To improve chassis, engineers added a stiffer strut tower bar brace and a pair of performance dampers.
为了提高底盘，工程师增加了更严厉的支柱塔酒吧振奋和对性能减震器。
The driver's instinct is to stretch out his legs to brace for the impact but they BREAK at the knee joints.
这时司机出于本能伸直双腿支撑（减轻前进的势头），但双腿在膝关节处断裂。
Chituodi at Rucker rationalize the gas, wearing a neck brace thumb, his face filling the word worship, and said: "You, I lose, convinced. "
提托迪符拉克理顺了气，翘起大拇指，脸上写满崇拜二字，说：“幽，是我输了，心服口服。”
Nearer the door, the Queen's Hand was attacking a brace of 'capons, sucking the meat off the bones and washing down each bite with ale.
女王之手坐在门边，正在向两只阉鸡发动进攻，他从骨头上嘬下每一口肉，用麦酒灌下去。
So at nine years of age, the little girl removed the leg brace and took the step the doctors told her she would never take normally.
小女孩在九岁时拿掉了腿上的支架，迈出了医生说她永远不可能迈出的一步。
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