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。
• But which to us summon up face after face.
  对我们来说是一张张的面孔。
• He was hoping to summon up support for his measures.
  他希望能说服人们支持他的观点。
• 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。
• She was trying to summon up the courage to leave him.
  当时她试图鼓足勇气离开他。
• 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。
• 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。
• Audience summon up warm applause when lecturer walk into meeting place.
  当演讲者一走进会场，听众鼓起热烈的掌声。
• 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。
• 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。