Adding steel beams to the old warehouse's roof helped strengthen the structure against potential snow loads.
在旧仓库的屋顶添加钢梁有助于加强结构，以应对潜在的积雪荷载。
To strengthen their claim, they need evidence linking the call specifically to mating behavior.
From a Command of Evidence: Textual question · Information and Ideas
While gift-giving is often assumed to strengthen relationships regardless of the gift's cost, several studies have found that thoughtfulness—how well a gift reflects the recipient's specific interests—predicts recipient satisfaction far more strongly than the gift's monetary value does.
From a Central Ideas and Details question · Information and Ideas
Cinematographer Klaus Berger, who has worked on similar single-take productions, cautions that the technical constraints of an unbroken shot often force directors to sacrifice more dynamic camera angles and editing choices that could otherwise strengthen individual scenes.
From a Cross-Text Connections question · Craft and Structure
Which choice best defines “strengthen”?
A — To make stronger. “strengthen” means to make stronger.
Which word means “to make stronger”?
C — strengthen. “strengthen” means to make stronger.
strengthen — to make stronger. In Chinese: 加强.
strengthen is pronounced /ˈstrɛŋkθən/.
Adding steel beams to the old warehouse's roof helped strengthen the structure against potential snow loads. (在旧仓库的屋顶添加钢梁有助于加强结构，以应对潜在的积雪荷载。)
reinforce, fortify, bolster — all close in meaning to strengthen (to make stronger).
weaken, undermine — each the opposite of strengthen (to make stronger).
Yes. strengthen is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.