| 单词 | summon |
| 释义 | summon (sʌmən ) Word forms: summons , summoning , summoned 1. verb If you summon someone, you order them to come to you. [formal] Howe summoned a doctor and hurried over. [VERB noun] Suddenly we were summoned to the interview room. [be VERB-ed preposition/adverb] He has been summoned to appear in court on charges of incitement to law-breaking. [be VERB-ed to-infinitive] Synonyms: send for, call, bid, invite 2. verb 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. It took her a full month to summon the courage to tell her mother. [VERB noun] Summon up means the same as summon. Painfully shy, he finally summoned up courage to ask her to a game. [VERB PARTICLE noun] We couldn't even summon up the energy to open the envelope. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] Synonyms: gather, muster, draw on, invoke Phrasal verbs: summon up 1. summon [sense 2] 2. phrasal verb If something summons up a memory or thought, it causes it to come to your mind. [literary] The oddest events will summon up memories. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Collocations: summon a doctor He had to summon the doctor because he had called a trainer earlier in the match and was not allowed to do so again. Times, Sunday Times The former prisoners claim that it took a month to force the prisons department to summon a doctor to examine their injuries. Times, Sunday Times Maggie, knitting beside her grandson's isolette, demanded that the neonatal nurse summon a doctor when monitors began to beep. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He had failed to summon a doctor immediately and, upon questioning, had given outlandish excuses for his failure to do so. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His wife came under suspicion for not summoning a doctor, after the medicine she administered to him made his condition worse. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, the judges did retain some inquisitorial powers, such as the ability to summon witnesses. Times, Sunday Times Let it be empowered to summon witnesses and to receive evidence, including from ministers, to conduct investigations and to publish reports. Times, Sunday Times That new regulator could demand to see any internal communications and summon witnesses. Times, Sunday Times However, it will not be a full-scale public inquiry with the power to summon witnesses, and will not be led by a judge. Times, Sunday Times Once written submissions are in, the committee will summon witnesses and the inquiry could put the spotlight on some of the most media-shy financiers. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 召唤 Japanese: 呼びつける |
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