英语词汇“reinforce”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

reinforcereinforce /ˌriɪnˈfɔrs/ ●●○ AWL verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYreinforce

Origin: 1400-1500 inforce (14-17 centuries), from enforce

VERB TABLE

reinforce

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	reinforce
	he, she, it	reinforces
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	reinforced
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have reinforced
	he, she, it	has reinforced
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had reinforced
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will reinforce
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have reinforced

Continuous Form
Present	I	am reinforcing
	he, she, it	is reinforcing
	you, we, they	are reinforcing
Past	I, he, she, it	was reinforcing
	you, we, they	were reinforcing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been reinforcing
	he, she, it	has been reinforcing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been reinforcing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be reinforcing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been reinforcing

1to give support to an opinion, idea, or feeling, and make it stronger: The study’s results reinforce everything we’ve been saying.2to make a situation or way of behaving less likely to change: Violent punishments can actually reinforce bad behavior in children.3to make part of a building, structure, piece of clothing, etc. stronger: The dam was reinforced with 20,000 sandbags.4to make a group of people, especially an army, stronger by adding people, equipment, etc.