Reinforce

Definition

reinforce /ri:n'fↄ:s/ v ၁။ (က) အားေပးသည္။ အားေပး ေထာက္ခံသည္။ reinforce sb's opinion/ argument/ conviction ❍ Such jokes tend to reinforce racial stereotypes. (ခ) တြန္းအားေပးသည္။ Political instability has reinforced the country's economic decline. ၂။ ေတာင့္တင္း ခိုင္မာေစသည္။ က်ားကန္ေပးသည္။ The Prime Minister's position has been reinforced following his successful visit to the USA. ၃။ အားျဖည့္ေပးသည္။ Concrete panels reinforced with steel. ❍ reinforce a wall/ bridge ❍ Buildings have been reinforced to withstand earthquakes. ❍ reinforced plastic/ steel. ၄။ စစ္ကူပို႔သည္။ စစ္လက္နက္ ပစၥည္းျဖည့္တင္းေပးသည္။ The United Nations is reinforcing its military presence in the country. ❍ The garrison must be reinforced against attack. ❏ reinforced concrete n [U] အားျဖည့္ကြန္ကရစ္။ ❏ reinforcement n ၁။ reinforcements [pl] စစ္ကူ။ an urgent request for reinforcements. ၂။ [U, sing] အားေပးမႈ။ the reinforcement of existing prejudices by the media.

Examples

1. These latest figures reinforce the view that economic growth is slowing.
2. The message that you should not drink and drive needs to be constantly reinforced.
3. Feminists often argue that marriage reinforces the inequality between the sexes.
4. Crews started work today to reinforce the seriously damaged bridge.