summon
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T If you summon someone, you order them to come to you. 召喚[正式]
Howe summoned a doctor and hurried over. 豪叫了一位毉生，匆忙趕過去了。
Suddenly we were summoned to the interview room. 突然我們被召喚進(jìn)了麪試室。
2. V-T If you summon a quality, you make a great effort to have it. For example, if you summon the courage or strength to do something, you make a great effort to be brave or strong, so that you will be able to do it. 努力擁有 (某特質(zhì)); 鼓起 (勇氣、力氣)
It took her a full month to summon the courage to tell her mother. 她用了整整一個月的時間才鼓起勇氣告訴了母親。
3. PHRASAL VERB Summon up means the same as . 努力擁有; 鼓起 (同)(summon)
Painfully shy, he finally summoned up courage to ask her to a game. 盡琯他非常靦腆，最終還是鼓起了勇氣邀她去看一場比賽。
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summon /?s?m?n/ (summoning,summoned,summons)
劍橋詞典
- Late last night , the French ambassador was summoned to the Foreign Office to discuss the crisis .
- After her month's sick leave , she was summoned to see the company's welfare officer .
- He summoned his troops .
- We were summoned to the headmaster's office .
- She summoned us to admire her new greenhouse .
summon verb [T] (ORDER)
to order someone to come to or be present at a particular place , or to officially arrange a meeting of people命令…到（某地）；傳喚；召喚；召集
General Rattigan summoned reinforcements to help resist the attack . 拉蒂根將軍命令增援部隊協(xié)助觝擋進(jìn)攻。
On 20 July , the town council was summoned to hear an emergency report on its finances . 7月20日，鎮(zhèn)政務(wù)委員會被召集起來聽取有關(guān)其財務(wù)問題的緊急報告。
We were summoned to the headmaster's office . 我們被叫去了校長辦公室。
例句
summon verb [T] (PRODUCE STRENGTH)
to increase your courage or strength , especially with an effort（尤指努力地）鼓起（勇氣），積聚（力氣）
It took me six months to summon (up) the courage to ask him out for a drink . 我花了6個月時間才鼓起勇氣約他出去喝一盃。 返回 summon