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

• Somehow he could never summon up the courage to ask for her hand.
  不知怎的，他总是鼓不起勇气向她求婚。
• 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。
• Summon up a burst of energy, and find something on which to compliment him or her.
  你要打起精神来，找些好听的话赞美一下他或她。
• 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。
• I'm trying to summon up the to do some more work.
  我试图攒足力气再多干一些活。
• The snag is that low growth makes it hard to summon up the political will for reform, which tends to impede growth in the short run before producing a longer-term pay-off.
  麻烦在于，低增长使人很难调动起改革的政治意志&改革倾向于在短期内压抑增长，之后才能带来长期回报。
• 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。
• He was hoping to summon up support for his measures.
  他希望能说服人们支持他的观点。
• 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。
• Firstly, summon up your attention and your courage to do it.
  首先，要召集自己的精力和勇气去拼搏。