make (something) physically stronger or more solid 巩固;强化;使坚强;使结实 the first phase of the project is to consolidate the outside walls. 工程的第一阶段是加固外墙。 ■reinforce or strengthen (one's position or power) 巩固,加强(位置,力量) the company consolidated its position in the international market. 公司巩固了它在国际市场上的地位。 ■combine (a number of things) into a single more effective or coherent whole 联合;合并;统一 all manufacturing activities have been consolidated in new premises. 全部生产活动已统一安排在新的厂址。 ■combine (a number of financial accounts or funds) into a single overall account or set of accounts (会计账户或报表)合并 ■(chiefly Brit.)combine (separate pieces of legislation) into a single legislative act (主英)合并(法律,法规)
派生 consolidation noun consolidator noun 语源
early 16th cent. (in the sense 'combine into a single whole'): from Latin consolidare, from con- 'together' + solidare 'make firm' (from solidus 'solid')