一、詳細釋義：


v.

召喚 [T]


例句：

I will summon him hither.

我去叫他到這兒來。


例句：

He summoned his soldiers to fight.

他號召部下戰(zhàn)斗。


召集 [T]


例句：

The shareholders were summoned to a general meeting.

那些股東被召集去參加股東大會。


例句：

They had to summon a second conference and change the previous decision.

他們不得不召集第二次會議，改變以前的決定。


【律】傳訊，傳喚 [T]


例句：

We are not parliamentarians with rights to summon witnesses and to protect for our privileges.

我們不是有權傳喚證人、有權保護自身特權的議員。


例句：

Both the complainant and defendant could summon witnesses.

原告方和被告方都可以傳訊證人。


請求，要求，要求...投降 [I]


例句：

He is summoned to appear before the committee.

他被要求出席委員會的會議。


使出；鼓起（勇氣）；振作（精神等）；喚起；使呈現(xiàn)出來；使浮現(xiàn) [T]


例句：

I can't summon up much enthusiasm for the project.

這計畫引不起我多大興趣。


例句：

I had to summon all my nerve to face my boss.

我得鼓足勇氣去見上司。


二、詞義辨析：


call,summon,send for

這些動詞或詞組均含有“召集，召喚”之意。 call非正式用詞，含義廣泛，指用說話或呼叫的形式召喚。 summon正式用詞，指官方或正式的召集，召集者具有權力或權威性。 send for作“召喚”解時，語氣較隨便，暗示委派一件工作。


三、參考例句：


I will summon him hither.

我去叫他到這兒來。


I will?summon?him hither.

我去叫他到這兒來。


Both the complainant and defendant could summon witnesses.

原告方和被告方都可以傳訊證人。


She tried to summon up the memory of the event.

她試圖喚起對那件事的回憶。


I can't summon up much enthusiasm for the project.

這計畫引不起我多大興趣。


A man brags that he can summon the dead.

一個人炫耀說可以召喚死者靈魂。


I couldn't summon up his name at the moment.

此時我無論如何想不起他的名字了。


They had to summon a second conference and change the previous decision.

他們不得不召集第二次會議，改變以前的決定。


The Narnians believed it could summon their kings and queens of old.

納尼亞人相信它能召喚出以前的國王和女王。


I had to summon all my nerve to face my boss.

我得鼓足勇氣去見上司。