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

• 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。
• She was trying to summon up the courage to leave him.
  当时她试图鼓足勇气离开他。
• 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。
• 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。
• You must summon up all your courage to meet the danger.
  你必须鼓起全部勇气以面对危险。
• I had to summon up all my nerve to face my boss.
  我得鼓足勇气去见上司。
• 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。
• Queerly enough the harder he tried to summon up her face in his thoughts, the vaguer it became.
  奇怪的是，他越想要想起她的容貌她的容貌就变得更模糊了。
• 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。
• You should summon up your nerve for the task.
  你要集中精力完成这项工作。