reinforcement
英 [riːɪn'fɔːsm(ə)nt]
美[,riɪn'fɔrsmənt]
- n. 加固；增援；援军；加强
英英释意
- 1. a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission;
- "they called for artillery support"
- 2. information that makes more forcible or convincing;
- "his gestures provided eloquent reinforcement for his complaints"
- 3. (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it
- 4. a device designed to provide additional strength;
- "the cardboard backing was just a strengthener"
- "he used gummed reinforcements to hold the page in his notebook"
- 5. an act performed to strengthen approved behavior
