summon
英 ['s?m?n]
美['s?m?n]
- vt. 召喚；召集；鼓起；振作
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詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?summons;過去式:?summoned;過去分詞:?summoned;現(xiàn)在分詞:?summoning;
中文詞源
summon 傳喚，召喚，傳訊
sum-,在下，-mon,警告，詞源同 monitor,admonish.即給予警告，后引申詞義傳喚，召喚等。
英文詞源
- summon
- summon: see monster
- summon (v.)
- c. 1200, "call, send for, ask the presence of," especially "call, cite, or notify by authority to be at a certain place at a certain time" (late 13c.), from Anglo-French sumunre and directly from Old French somonre, variant of sumundre, somondre "summon," from Vulgar Latin *summundre "to call, cite," from Latin summonere "hint to, remind privately," from sub "under" (see sub-) + monere "warn, advise" (see monitor (n.)). In part also from Medieval Latin use of summonere. Meaning "arouse, excite to action" is from 1580s. Related: Summoned; summoning.
雙語例句
- 1. We couldn't even summon up the energy to open the envelope.
- 我們甚至連打開信封的力氣都沒有了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The oddest events will summon up memories.
- 那些非常稀奇古怪的事情會(huì)喚起人們的記憶。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. It took her a full month to summon the courage to tell her mother.
- 她用了整整一個(gè)月才鼓足勇氣告訴了媽媽。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. He could not summon ( up ) the courage to tell them about it.
- 他鼓不起勇氣告訴他們那件事.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Mr Rushworth, shall we summon a council on this lawn?
- 羅什渥茲先生, 我們就在這塊草地上開個(gè)會(huì) 怎么樣 ?
來自辭典例句