muster
音标:
英音/ ˈmʌstə(r) / 美音/ ˈmʌstər /
听听基本释意:
外刊例句:
But with hours to go before the vote, it was not clear whether Mr. Johnson could muster even half of his members to support the measure, potentially putting that threshold out of reach.
但距离投票还有几个小时,尚不清楚约翰逊是否能召集半数议员支持这项措施,这可能会让这一门槛变得遥不可及。
—New York Times
“I tried my best and gave it all the gumption I could muster,” it reads.
上面写道:“我尽了最大努力,并拿出了我所能鼓起的全部勇气。”
—BBC
No-one quite knows what sort of force the team will be able to muster in the future.
没有人知道这支球队未来能够聚集出什么样的力量。
—BBC
基本释意:
verb
gather or bring together
寻求,聚集(支持、勇气等);召集,(尤指士兵)集合;<澳新>赶拢(牛、羊)
同义词:
没有找到同义词
短释义:
Remember that muster used to involve getting reluctant soldiers out of bed and into the field of battle — so it involves overcoming a certain inertia. When you muster up the courage to face something, it’s clear that this is pretty scary for you.
集结最初的意思是“聚集士兵”,现在已经扩展到包括聚集任何东西——你可以聚集一些晚餐、一些朋友,甚至一些番茄酱、泡菜和芥末。
长释义:
Remember that muster used to involve getting reluctant soldiers out of bed and into the field of battle — so it involves overcoming a certain inertia. When you muster up the courage to face something, it’s clear that this is pretty scary for you.
请记住,过去的集结意味着让不情愿的士兵起床进入战场,因此它需要克服一定的惰性。当你鼓起勇气面对某件事时,很明显这对你来说非常可怕。
文学例句:
I speak in the most convincing monotone-Collective accent I can muster.
我用我能调出的最有说服力的单调集体口音说话。
—The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera
Nathan desperately wanted his head to be massaged but couldn’t muster up enough energy to ask.
内森非常希望有人按摩他的头,但他没有力气提出要求。
—Healer of the Water Monster by Brian Young
I grab my lunch from my locker but can’t muster up my standard slam, and then I make my way outside.
我从储物柜里拿出午餐,但无法集中精力,然后我就出去了。
—A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramée
词源:
muster (v.)early 14c., moustren, “to display, reveal, to show or demonstrate” (senses now obsolete), also “to appear, be present,” from Old French mostrer “appear, show, reveal,” also in a military sense (10c., Modern French montrer), from Latin monstrare “to show,” from monstrum “omen, sign” (see monster).
The transitive meaning “to collect, assemble, bring together in a group or body,” especially for military service or inspection, is from early 15c. The intransitive sense of “assemble, meet in one place,” of military forces, is from mid-15c. The figurative use “summon, gather up” (of qualities, etc.) is from 1580s.
To muster in (transitive) “receive as recruits” is by 1837; to muster out “gather to be discharged from military service” is by 1834, American English. To muster up in the figurative and transferred sense of “gather, summon, marshal” is from 1620s. Related: Mustered; mustering.Related entries & more
下面是词源的翻译(机器翻译比较难翻,参考着看)
Muster (v.) 14世纪早期,moustren,“展示、揭示、展示或展示”(现在已经过时的含义),也“出现、在场”,源自古法语mostrer“出现、展示、揭示”,也在军事意义上(10世纪,现代法语montrer),源自拉丁语monstrare“显示”,源自monstrum“预兆,迹象”(参见怪物)。及物意义“收集、聚集、聚集成一个团体或团体”,特别是用于军事服务或检查,是从 15 世纪早期开始的。军事力量“集合、会合于一处”的不及物意义是从 15 世纪中期开始出现的。 “召唤、聚集”(品质等)的比喻用法源自 1580 年代。 1837 年开始集结(及物)“接受新兵”; 1834年,美式英语中,“聚集以退伍”是“聚集”的意思。 “集合、召唤、元帅”的比喻和转移意义是从 1620 年代开始的。相关:集合;集合。相关条目及更多
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