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

• George was sending him out into the rural districts to drum up trade.
  乔治赞成派他到乡下招揽生意。
• Corporate sponsorship has been proving hard to drum up in these troubled economic times.
  而在如今困难的经济环境下，也很难吸引到企业赞助。
• 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 purpose of his trip was to try to drum up some support for his ideas.
  他这次旅行的目的就是为了他的主张呼吁一些支持。
• 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；
• 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。
• A friend sent me your column about how to drum up new business, and I'm doing everything it suggests, but I also wonder how to make the most of the Internet in getting the word out about my services.
  朋友向我推荐了一篇您的专栏，是有关如何开发新客户的，我都一一照做了。但我还想利用互联网让更多的人了解我所提供的服务。
• Automatic control of hydraulic cylinder pressure fitting can drum up and down about the two forces balance stress.
  自动式油压缸控制贴合压力，可使上下两滚筒左右压力平衡受力。
• He had flown to the north of the country to drum up.
  他飞到该国北方去为竞选争取支持。
• To further drum up Chinese pride, the national anthem and31 other patriotic songs were uploaded onto the satellite so it could broadcast the music back to China.
  为了鼓舞中国人的自豪感，国歌和其他31首爱国歌曲被载上卫星可以将音乐回放到中国。