mustered

英 [ˈmʌstəd]

美 [ˈmʌstərd]

v.  找寻，聚集，激起(支持、勇气等); 集合，召集，集结(尤指部队); 赶拢(牛、羊)
muster的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 聚集(支持力量);奋(力);集中(精力)
  If youmustersomething such as support, strength, or energy, you gather as much of it as you can in order to do something.
  1. He travelled around West Africa trying to muster support for his movement...
     他在西非四处奔走，为自己的运动争取支持。
  2. Mustering all her strength, Nancy pulled hard on both oars.
     南希使出所有力气，用力划动双桨。
• V-ERG 召集，集合(士兵)
  When soldiersmusterorare mustered, they gather together in one place in order to take part in a military action.
  1. The men mustered before their clan chiefs...
     男人们聚集在族长们面前。
  2. The general had mustered his troops north of the Hindu Kush.
     将军在兴都库什山脉以北集结军队。
• PHRASE 合格;符合要求
  If someone or somethingpasses muster, they are good enough for the thing they are needed for.
  1. I could not pass muster in his language...
     我说不好他的语言。
  2. If it doesn't pass muster, a radio station could have its license challenged.
     如果不合要求，电台可能会被吊销执照。

双语例句

• In 1990, the UK's armed forces mustered some 306,000 personnel; last year the tally was 188,000.
  1990年，英国军队征召了大约30.6万名士兵；而去年只征召了18.8名。
• But as she mustered courage and decided to carry on with her pregnancy, the woman fell into an invisible growing world of unwed mothers struggling to survive in tradition-dominated China.
  然而当她鼓起勇气决定继续妊娠将留住孩子的时候，她陷入了一个不断变大着的无形世界&在那个世界里，未婚妈妈们在传统统治下的中国竭力生存。
• I mustered all my sources and expertise to come up with the right words to soothe them.
  我使出浑身解数，想说出恰当的话来安慰他们。
• They seem to have been badly selected, hastily mustered, inadequately trained and poorly equipped.
  他们好象都是马马虎虎派来的人，集合仓促，训练不足，装备也糟糕。
• He mustered up all his courage.
  他鼓起了全部勇气。
• We are a nation that mustered a sense of common purpose to overcome Depression and fear itself.
  我们是一个在大萧条面前团结一致克服困难，将恐惧留给萧条自己的民族；
• He mustered all his soldiers.
  他把士兵召集在一起。
• I mustered the courage to admit my mistake.
  我鼓起勇气承认错误。
• He mustered all the troops.
  他召集了所有的部队。
• I mustered, looking her way as I tossed a sock into the machine.
  我一边把一只袜子扔进洗衣机，一边憋出一句法语问道。