tide over
英 [taɪd ˈəʊvə(r)]
美 [taɪd ˈoʊvər]
(尤指通过借钱)帮助…渡过难关
柯林斯词典
- PHRASAL VERB (尤指通过借钱)帮助…渡过难关
If you do something for someone totidethemover, you help them through a period when they are having difficulties, especially by lending them money.- He wanted money to tide him over...
他需要钱来渡过难关。 - The banks were prepared to put up 50 million euros to tide over the company.
银行准备拿出5,000万欧元帮助那家公司摆脱困境。
- He wanted money to tide him over...
英英释义
verb
- suffice for a period between two points
- This money will keep us going for another year