It seemed obvious that it wasn't expanding - but since it wasn't collapsing either, something must be propping it up.

显然似乎它不是膨胀的，但是也不是坍缩的，一定有什么东西阻止它坍缩。

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That said, watching things on the iPhone can be annoying, especially since we all wind up propping the thing up on all sorts of strange contrivances.

话说回来，在iPhone上看东西会是苦恼的，特别是用各种奇怪的工具把iPhone支撑起来这事给我们带来很多麻烦。

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If it spends its trillions, it will be at home, not in propping up others.

如果它花费了数万亿，那将会花在自家上面，而不会花在支援别国上。

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The Taleban were accused of harbouring and sponsoring Bin Laden and his associates, who in turn were said to be propping up the Taleban regime before the military offensive swept them from power at the end of 2001.

BBC: Osama Bin Laden

Meanwhile, U.S. Republicans questioned whether the U.S. should be seen propping up a North Korean government that for decades has brutally suppressed dissent and morphed into one of the world's worst weapons proliferators.

WSJ: North Korea Agrees to Nuclear Moratorium

The seen in this case is the success of a league that grows more profitable each year, but the unseen is how much more profitable and popular the NFL would be if it ceased propping up the weak at the expense of the successful.

FORBES: To Be Truly Great, the NFL Must End Its Soft Socialism