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词汇精选:summon的用法和辨析

一、详细释义:


v.

召唤 [T]


例句:

I will summon him hither.

我去叫他到这儿来。


例句:

He summoned his soldiers to fight.

他号召部下战斗。


召集 [T]


例句:

The shareholders were summoned to a general meeting.

那些股东被召集去参加股东大会。


例句:

They had to summon a second conference and change the previous decision.

他们不得不召集第二次会议,改变以前的决定。


【律】传讯,传唤 [T]


例句:

We are not parliamentarians with rights to summon witnesses and to protect for our privileges.

我们不是有权传唤证人、有权保护自身特权的议员。


例句:

Both the complainant and defendant could summon witnesses.

原告方和被告方都可以传讯证人。


请求,要求,要求...投降 [I]


例句:

He is summoned to appear before the committee.

他被要求出席委员会的会议。


使出;鼓起(勇气);振作(精神等);唤起;使呈现出来;使浮现 [T]


例句:

I can't summon up much enthusiasm for the project.

这计画引不起我多大兴趣。


例句:

I had to summon all my nerve to face my boss.

我得鼓足勇气去见上司。


二、词义辨析:


call,summon,send for

这些动词或词组均含有“召集,召唤”之意。 call非正式用词,含义广泛,指用说话或呼叫的形式召唤。 summon正式用词,指官方或正式的召集,召集者具有权力或权威性。 send for作“召唤”解时,语气较随便,暗示委派一件工作。


三、参考例句:


I will summon him hither.

我去叫他到这儿来。


I will summon him hither.

我去叫他到这儿来。


Both the complainant and defendant could summon witnesses.

原告方和被告方都可以传讯证人。


She tried to summon up the memory of the event.

她试图唤起对那件事的回忆。


I can't summon up much enthusiasm for the project.

这计画引不起我多大兴趣。


A man brags that he can summon the dead.

一个人炫耀说可以召唤死者灵魂。


I couldn't summon up his name at the moment.

此时我无论如何想不起他的名字了。


They had to summon a second conference and change the previous decision.

他们不得不召集第二次会议,改变以前的决定。


The Narnians believed it could summon their kings and queens of old.

纳尼亚人相信它能召唤出以前的国王和女王。


I had to summon all my nerve to face my boss.

我得鼓足勇气去见上司。


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