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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• She was trying to summon up the courage to leave him.
  当时她试图鼓足勇气离开他。
• 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。
• 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。