brace up

基本解释

The whole city braced up to possible new quake.
全城做好了可能再发生地震的准备。
He braced up his soul, and said to himself that with god's help he would be that earthly keeper of her .
他振作起精神来，对他自己说，只要上帝帮助，他愿意做她人世间的保护人。
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"Harmony" is often "inset in the current leadership idea as a connotative presupposition, which braced up logically the effectiveness of the theory.
“和谐”往往“被作为一项隐含的前提假设内置于现有的领导思想中，它构成理论有效性的内在逻辑支撑体系”。
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