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

• When the king's ship nears the island, Prospero asks Ariel to summon up a magical storm that will cause the ship to be wrecked on the island.
  某日，当那不勒斯国王的船临近小岛的时候，普洛斯彼罗吩咐艾利尔用魔法唤起一阵风暴，让船在岛上触礁。
• 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。
• 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。
• She was trying to summon up the courage to leave him.
  当时她试图鼓足勇气离开他。
• 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 witch claims to be able to summon up the spirits of the dead.
  女巫声称能唤来死人的灵魂。
• I had to summon up all my nerve to face my boss.
  我得鼓足勇气去见上司。
• He was hoping to summon up support for his measures.
  他希望能说服人们支持他的观点。
• 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。