English English Dictionary
- reinforce in English:
1. 
to support something and make it stronger
2. force
I consider the Jehovah's witnesses who knock on my door all the time to be no different from religious zealots trying to force their beliefs on me.
Don't force me.
Some learned writers have compared a Scorpion to an Epigram, because as the sting of the Scorpion lyeth in the tayl, so the force and virtue of an epigram is in the conclusion.
Where there is no common power, there is no law, where no law, no injustice. Force, and fraud, are in war the cardinal virtues.
The restraining role that the community once played is losing its force as adults become reluctant to reprimand other people's unruly children.
Among the people of the colonies suffering under Earth's tyranny a force emerges intending to overthrow the status quo through terrorism.
Up till now America has called itself the world's police and continued suppression relying on military force.
Career opportunities, flex-time, satellite offices, and more childcare facilities are required to make women at home join the work force.
Boeing's safety experts have joined others in the industry to form an international task force to try to eliminate one particular kind of air crash known as controlled flight into terrain, CFIT.
This is not about my capabilities. Even if I never had heard the slightest sound of english, I still could kneel down and put my face on the ground to show my submission. But who can force me into that?
The sexes differ, not only in stature and muscular force, but perhaps even more decisively in temperament, and this must early have given rise to a corresponding division of labour.
The police were able to control the crowd by sheer force of numbers. The force of gravity. Fishermen are always at the mercy of the forces of nature. Force of habit.
They are forced to commit further, often more violent crimes, until the situation gets totally out of control.
3. to make an existing opinion or idea stronger
English word "reinforce"(to make an existing opinion or idea stronger) occurs in sets:
Cambridge do 07.20194. to make something stronger
English word "reinforce"(to make something stronger) occurs in sets:
TOEFL - Most important words 376 - 4005. to bring up reinforcement
6. strengthen
It will also help to strengthen the city's economy.
This economic agreement will strengthen the union of our countries.
What kind of exercise is good for strengthening your arms, back, stomach? I think press-ups are good for strengthening your arms.
Western nations have to put their heads together to strengthen the dollar.
Passions weaken, but habits strengthen, with age.
We need to reorganize it in order to strengthen our business activities.
It is important to strengthen the basis.
The recent news about the Fukushima I nuclear power plant will likely strengthen the cause of the advocates who want to let our local nuclear power plant's license expire.
Building strength throughout the biceps can help strengthen the muscles in the shoulders and back.
strengthen your immune system
Cooking dinner together will strengthen our relationship////////I want to strengthen my faith, so I go to the church every Sunday
strengthen heat transfer
Cooking together will strengthen our relationship.
‘Good stress’ can strengthen our natural defences.
The front-roller thrust angle is 2 degrees, probably there were plans to strengthen that angle a little when racing.
7. reinforce
I want to reinforce the garden wall so that it doesn't fall down.
reinforce stereotypes
The climate of political confusion has only reinforced the country's economic decline.
‘the helmet has been reinforced with a double layer of cork
Legalizing marijuana could reinforce this trend
reinforce a person's positive image
Good visual aids can powerfully reinforce your message.
I've reinforced the elbows of this jacket with leather patches; Extra troops will be sent to reinforce the army.
Paratroopers were sent to reinforce the troops already in the area
The battle was going badly, and the army had to call for reinforcements
The concrete in this block of flats has been reinforced with steel.
This belief is often reinforced by the media. a security door reinforced by steel bars
I think they just used someone else to reinforce the situation.
It reinforced his sense that he was someone special.
Building codes in California required that steel rods be used to reinforce cinder-block construction.; The pockets on my jeans are reinforced with double stitching.
