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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• It is to be hoped that he is merely drumming up business.
  但愿他只是在招揽生意。
• Who knows, you might be able to drum up new clients in the soup line.
  你或许能在领汤的队伍里找到新客户，谁知道呢。
• Advertisements should help to drum up some business.
  广告应当有助于兜揽生意。
• 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。
• 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。
• Let's try to drum up some more business.
  我们再想办法兜揽多些生意。