summon up

英 [ˈsʌmən ʌp]

美 [ˈsʌmən ʌp]

鼓起（勇气）; 使出（力气）; 唤起; 使想起

柯林斯词典

• → see:summon 2
• PHRASAL VERB 唤起;使想起
  If somethingsummons upa memory or thought, it causes it to come to your mind.
  1. The oddest events will summon up memories.
     那些非常稀奇古怪的事情会唤起人们的记忆。

双语例句

• He was hoping to summon up support for his measures.
  他希望能说服人们支持他的观点。
• You should summon up your nerve for the task.
  你要集中精力完成这项工作。
• Suddenly, with that disgusted air which he knows so well how to summon, he picks himself up and adjusts his clothes.
  突然，他直起身子，整整衣服，脸上一副十分厌烦的样子。
• Having just emerged from my own pilgrimage, I find it hard to summon up so much anger.
  结束了我自己的迪士尼朝圣之旅后，我发现自己很难对迪士尼抱有如此大的怨气。
• She began to put the house straight, making beds and washing dishes, cleaning and tidying; but she could summon up no enthusiasm for it.
  她开始无精打采地收拾房间；叠被子，洗碗碟，又扫又擦。
• You must summon up all your courage to meet the danger.
  你必须鼓起全部勇气以面对危险。
• Nothing breeds despair like discouraging results. Let's say that you finally summon up enough courage to talk with someone about your faith, but the person responds with a shrug of indifference.
  没有任何东西比令人沮丧的结果更叫人失望，比方说，你终于鼓起勇气与人分享信仰，但对方却无动于衷。
• He could not summon ( up) the courage to tell them about it.
  他鼓不起勇气告诉他们那件事。
• You might have thought that in the wake of the financial crisis, Mr Obama could summon up the courage to end subsidies for leverage.
  你可能以为，随着金融危机的爆发，奥巴马会鼓起足够的勇气，结束对贷款的补贴。
• They regard Mr Obama as a "transformational" leader& a man who can, with one sweep of his hand, wipe away the sins of the Bush years and summon up the best in their country.
  他们把奥巴马看作是一位“变革的”的领导人，挥一挥手，他就可以把布什当政时的罪恶一扫而光，可以唤起这个国家最美好的部分。