1 VERB 召唤;传唤;召见 If you summon someone, you order them to come to you. 召唤;传唤;召见 [formal]
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Howe summoned a doctor and hurried over. [VERB noun]
豪叫了医生,然后匆忙赶了过来。
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Suddenly we were summoned to the interview room. [be VERB-ed prep./adv.]
突然我们被叫进了面试的房间。
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He has been summoned to appear in court on charges of incitement to law-breaking. [be VERB-ed to-infinitive]
因被控教唆犯罪,他已经被传唤出庭。
SYN send for, call, bid, invite
2 VERB 鼓起(勇气);振作;使出(力气) 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. 鼓起(勇气);振作;使出(力气)
Summon up means the same as
summon .
summon up 同 summon -
Painfully shy, he finally summoned up courage to ask her to a game.
他太过腼腆,不过最后终于鼓起勇气邀请她一起去看比赛。
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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。
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