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

• He could not summon ( up) the courage to tell them about it.
  他鼓不起勇气告诉他们那件事。
• 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。
• You should summon up your nerve for the task.
  你要集中精力完成这项工作。
• 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。
• Cascading dialogs are a diabolical idiom whereby controls, usually pushbuttons, in one dialog box summon up another dialog box in a hierarchical nesting.
  级联对话框是一种糟糕的习惯用法，一个对话框中的控件，通常是按钮。
• 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。
• 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。
• Summon up a burst of energy, and find something on which to compliment him or her.
  你要打起精神来，找些好听的话赞美一下他或她。
• You can't. You may be able to summon up a few phrases.
  或许你能够说上几句。
• 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。