c. 1200, "call, send for, ask the presence of," especially "call, cite, or notify by authority to be at a certain place at a certain time" (late 13c.), from Anglo-French sumunre and directly from Old French somonre, variant of sumundre, somondre "summon," from Vulgar Latin *summundre "to call, cite," from Latin summonere "hint to, remind privately," from sub "under" (see sub-) + monere "warn, advise" (see monitor (n.)). In part also from Medieval Latin use of summonere. Meaning "arouse, excite to action" is from 1580s. Related: Summoned; summoning.
雙語例句
1. We couldn't even summon up the energy to open the envelope.
我們甚至連打開信封的力氣都沒有了。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The oddest events will summon up memories.
那些非常稀奇古怪的事情會喚起人們的記憶。
來自柯林斯例句
3. It took her a full month to summon the courage to tell her mother.
她用了整整一個月才鼓足勇氣告訴了媽媽。
來自柯林斯例句
4. He could not summon ( up ) the courage to tell them about it.
他鼓不起勇氣告訴他們那件事.
來自辭典例句
5. Mr Rushworth, shall we summon a council on this lawn?