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

• 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。
• 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。
• The drilling troops mustered on the hill.
  演习部队在小山上集合起来了。
• 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。
• He mustered up all his courage.
  他鼓起了全部勇气。
• David mustered the men who were with him and appointed over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds.
  大卫数点跟随他的人，立千夫长，百夫长率领他们。
• I mustered up enough courage to accuse him.
  我鼓起足够的勇气控告他。
• I mustered the best possible smile.
  我尽量展颜欢笑。
• The troops mustered ( on the square).
  部队已（在广场上）集合。
• The story continues that Chandragupta escaped and mustered an army which drove the remaining Greek garrisons out of India.
  故事还说，他逃跑后聚集了一支军队，将留守在印度的希腊守备队赶出了印度。