summon
英 ['sʌmən]
美 ['sʌmən]
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summon 传唤，召唤，传讯sum-,在下，-mon,警告，词源同 monitor,admonish.即给予警告，后引申词义传唤，召唤等。
- 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.
- 1. We couldn't even summon up the energy to open the envelope.
- 我们甚至连打开信封的力气都没有了。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The oddest events will summon up memories.
- 那些非常稀奇古怪的事情会唤起人们的记忆。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. It took her a full month to summon the courage to tell her mother.
- 她用了整整一个月才鼓足勇气告诉了妈妈。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. 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.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Mr Rushworth, shall we summon a council on this lawn?
- 罗什渥兹先生, 我们就在这块草地上开个会 怎么样 ?
来自辞典例句
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