drum up

英 [drʌm ʌp]

美 [drʌm ʌp]

竭力争取（支持）; 兜揽（生意）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 竭力争取(支持);兜揽(生意)
  If youdrum upsupport or business, you try to get it.
  1. The UN secretary-general arrived in Tokyo to drum up support for international peacekeeping...
     联合国秘书长抵达东京竭力为国际维和争取支持。
  2. It is to be hoped that he is merely drumming up business.
     但愿他只是在招揽生意。

英英释义

verb

• gather
  1. drum up support
  Synonym:beat uprally

双语例句

• Let's try to drum up some more business.
  我们再想办法兜揽多些生意。
• Just think, without a son, he couldn't drum up a family;
  想想看吧，本来就没有儿子，不能火火炽炽的凑起个家庭来；
• Now work has dried up and we are all sitting around pretending to be busy and failing to drum up business.
  现在，没有业务了，我们全都无所事事，假装很忙，却接不到业务。
• If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to go to the forest to gather wood, saw it, and nail the planks together.
  如果你想要造一艘船，你所需要做的不是敲着鼓把人赶到树林里取来木材，锯木板，然后把木板钉起来。
• We will soon drum up support for the proposal.
  我们很快会争取到很多人支持这项提议。
• I will drum up an excuse for coming to see you next week.
  我要找个借口下周好来看你。
• Developers are increasingly resorting to creative sales tactics to drum up interest.
  为此，越来越多的开发商正在采取富有创意的销售策略。
• The UN launched a major airlift and tried to drum up donor support.
  联合国发起了空中救援，并大力争取援助方的支持。
• The President tried to drum up congressional support for his energy policy.
  总统试图取得国会对其能源政策的支持。
• It is to be hoped that he is merely drumming up business.
  但愿他只是在招揽生意。