| 词组 | summon up |
| 释义 | summon up 1. summon up sth to try very hard to find something such as courage, energy, or strength in yourself, because you need it to do something: ▪ Geoffrey summoned up all his powers of concentration and looked down at the exam paper. summon up the courage/strength etc to do sth ▪ She lay there panting for a while, trying to summon up the strength to move. summon up a smile ▪ "You look a little pale." Paige summoned up a smile. "I'm fine". ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑muster up 2. summon up sth if something summons up a memory, thought or image, it makes you remember it or think of it: ▪ The smell of the sea summoned up memories of childhood holidays, of long days spent playing on the beach. ■ SIMILAR TO: evoke, ↑conjure up 3. summon up sth to succeed in getting people to help you, or in getting something that you need for a particular purpose: ▪ Because of our late arrival, the hotel restaurant could summon up only half-cold packet soup and some dry bread. ▪ Rita had summoned up a group of supporters. Most of them did look a little strange. 4. summon up sb/sth to communicate with the spirits of dead people, and tell them to come to you: ▪ They stand in a ring and hold hands, and summon up the spirits of the dead. ▪ He cried out in a voice that would summon up the devil from the deepest part of hell. |
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