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

• 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。
• If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to go to the forest to gather wood, saw it, and nail the planks together.
  如果你想要造一艘船，你所需要做的不是敲着鼓把人赶到树林里取来木材，锯木板，然后把木板钉起来。
• 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。
• They are in town to drum up resources for the mainland's travel enthusiasts.
  他们正在商业闹区向大陆旅游爱好者推广旅游资源。
• Corporate sponsorship has been proving hard to drum up in these troubled economic times.
  而在如今困难的经济环境下，也很难吸引到企业赞助。
• Just think, without a son, he couldn't drum up a family;
  想想看吧，本来就没有儿子，不能火火炽炽的凑起个家庭来；
• I will drum up an excuse for coming to see you next week.
  我要找个借口下周好来看你。
• Let's try to drum up some more business.
  我们再想办法兜揽多些生意。
• He had flown to the north of the country to drum up support for the campaign.
  他飞到该国北方去为竞选争取对这一运动的支持。他们未能激起人们对新政府的热情。
• 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。