summon

英 ['sʌmən] 美 ['sʌmən]

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※ 提供单词"summon"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

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.

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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。

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。

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.

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 ?