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

• She was trying to summon up the courage to leave him.
  当时她试图鼓足勇气离开他。
• 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'm trying to summon up the to do some more work.
  我试图攒足力气再多干一些活。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I had to summon up all my nerve to face my boss.
  我得鼓足勇气去见上司。
• 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。