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。
• Firstly, summon up your attention and your courage to do it.
  首先，要召集自己的精力和勇气去拼搏。
• You may be able to find and to summon up deep inner resources when you really need them.
  当你真的需要时，你就能召唤内心深处的能量。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I had to summon up all my nerve to face my boss.
  我得鼓足勇气去见上司。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。