drum up

英 [drʌm ʌp]

美 [drʌm ʌp]

竭力争取（支持）; 兜揽（生意）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 竭力争取(支持);兜揽(生意)
  If youdrum upsupport or business, you try to get it.
  1. The UN secretary-general arrived in Tokyo to drum up support for international peacekeeping...
     联合国秘书长抵达东京竭力为国际维和争取支持。
  2. It is to be hoped that he is merely drumming up business.
     但愿他只是在招揽生意。

英英释义

verb

• gather
  1. drum up support
  Synonym:beat uprally

双语例句

• The UN secretary-general arrived in Tokyo to drum up support for international peacekeeping
  联合国秘书长抵达东京竭力为国际维和争取支持。
• Now work has dried up and we are all sitting around pretending to be busy and failing to drum up business.
  现在，没有业务了，我们全都无所事事，假装很忙，却接不到业务。
• He had flown to the north of the country to drum up.
  他飞到该国北方去为竞选争取支持。
• We will soon drum up support for the proposal.
  我们很快会争取到很多人支持这项提议。
• It is to be hoped that he is merely drumming up business.
  但愿他只是在招揽生意。
• You were hired to drum up new business, so go and do it.
  公司雇你招徕新业务，你就做你的事好了。
• Who knows, you might be able to drum up new clients in the soup line.
  你或许能在领汤的队伍里找到新客户，谁知道呢。
• Developers are increasingly resorting to creative sales tactics to drum up interest.
  为此，越来越多的开发商正在采取富有创意的销售策略。
• I have just started in a new role to drum up clients for a corporate consultancy.
  我刚开始做一份新工作，为一个公司顾问机构招徕客户。
• The department store is offering reductions on many types of merchandise, in an effort to drum up business.
  这家百货店为努力招徕生意将许多商品减价出售。