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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• If you can summon up some forgiveness and compassion now, you have a chance to really start to move on from what was undeniably in parts a very tough time.
  如果你能散布宽容与同情，你有机会实实在在地在那些不可否认异常艰难的岁月中前进。
• But which to us summon up face after face.
  对我们来说是一张张的面孔。
• 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。
• 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。
• You should summon up your nerve for the task.
  你要集中精力完成这项工作。
• 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。