consolidate

🇬🇧/kənˈsɒlɪdeɪt/ 🇺🇸/kənˈsɑːlɪdeɪt/VCE📚 7273 94 2四级六级考研托福GREgmat
If you consolidate something that you have, for example power or success, you strengthen it so that it becomes more effective or secure. 巩固

verb [vt. 及物动词]使巩固,使加强;合并,统一

The question is: will the junta consolidate its power by force?
问题是,这个军政府会通过武力来巩固它的政权吗?

con- 表示"共同"、"完全"、"一起的"consolidate 巩固,加强(con+solid 坚固+ate→成为大家的财产→没收)
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