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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But it's a lot of work to drum up that much foreign business when you pour lead and melamine into all your products.
  如果你想吸引大批的外国业务，但你的产品中含有铅或三聚氰胺时，你需要做大量的工作。
• It is to be hoped that he is merely drumming up business.
  但愿他只是在招揽生意。
• 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。
• They are in town to drum up resources for the mainland's travel enthusiasts.
  他们正在商业闹区向大陆旅游爱好者推广旅游资源。
• The lawyers make nothing, but use the service to drum up custom.
  律师们不为别的，只为利用提供服务争取客户。
• 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；
• 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。