| 单词 | moral support |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmoral support moral support n. support or help which is psychological rather than physical. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > [noun] comfort?c1225 encourage1535 encouragement1550 comfortation1552 countenance1576 cover1581 couragement1603 patronage1610 abettance1781 championship1840 moral support1852 fautorship1863 affirmation1966 1852 J. D. B. De Bow Industr. Resources Southern & Western States II. 154/1 The demoralizing influence of blighted public faith weakens the attachment of the people to the government, and capital and property will never trust its protection to a government without this moral support. 1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch II. xxxvii. 266 Four o'clock..was an unpropitious hour for coming home: it was too early to gain the moral support..of dressing his person for dinner, and too late to undress his mind of the day's..affairs. 1921 W. S. Maugham Circle i. 19 You were rather scared... I thought I'd come and give you a little moral support. 1988 S. Afr. Panorama May 50/2 His wife Jean and two young daughters give him the moral support and encouragement to realise his potential as an artist. < as lemmas |
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