请教NN gwd 7-26 题干中bolster的意思，感谢！

roberta

gwd 7    Q26:

请问题目（见下方）中的bolster sagging oil prices应该如何理解呢？bolster在这里是什么意思的？是不是说改进石油价格极度下降的局面？这里的bolster不是支持的意思巴？

查了longman, bolster：

1. to help someone to feel better and more positive
He is making a bold attempt to bolster the territory's confidence.
2 to improve something
his efforts to bolster his career

请nn指正，感谢！

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) had long been expected to announce a reduction in output to bolster sagging oil prices, but officials of the organization just recently announced that the group will pare daily production by 1.5 million barrels by the beginning of next year, but only if non-OPEC nations, including Norway, Mexico, and Russia, were to trim output by a total of 500,000 barrels a day.

year, but only if non-OPEC nations, including Norway, Mexico, and Russia, were to trim output

year, but only if the output of non-OPEC nations, which includes Norway, Mexico, and Russia, is trimmed

year only if the output of non-OPEC nations, including Norway, Mexico, and Russia, would be trimmed

year only if non-OPEC nations, which includes Norway, Mexico, and Russia, were trimming output

year only if non-OPEC nations, including Norway, Mexico, and Russia, trim output

rt316

announce a reduction in output to bolster sagging oil prices - 宣布减少产量以防止油价的进一步下跌；这里的bolster可以理解为：支持(以防止)；

roberta

明确了  谢谢石头人的答复，很清楚！