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。
• 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。
• 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 couldn't summon up the energy.
  我无法打起精神来。
• 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。
• 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。
• They are all the same. To whom can I open my foolish heart, which disdains tears yet cannot summon up laughter?
  但所谓朋友皆如是，我能告谁以我的不屑流泪，而又无力笑出的痴呆心境？
• Audience summon up warm applause when lecturer walk into meeting place.
  当演讲者一走进会场，听众鼓起热烈的掌声。
• 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。
• 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。