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单词 strengthen
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
strength•en /ˈstrɛŋkθən, ˈstrɛn-/USA pronunciation   v. 
  1. to (cause to) grow stronger;
    give strength (to): [no object]The hurricane strengthened overnight.[~ + object]We'll have to strengthen our defenses.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
strength•en  (strengk′thən, streng′-, stren′-),USA pronunciation v.t. 
  1. to make stronger;
    give strength to.
  2. Phoneticsto change (a speech sound) to an articulation requiring more effort, as from fricative to stop or nongeminate to geminate.

v.i. 
  1. to gain strength;
    grow stronger.
  • Middle English strengthnen. See strength, -en1 1250–1300
strength′en•er, n. 
strength′en•ing•ly, adv. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged buttress, reinforce, fortify, support.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
strengthen /ˈstrɛŋθən/ vb
  1. to make or become stronger

ˈstrengthener n
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