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单词 summon
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summon
verb[T]
uk
/ˈsʌm.ən/us
/ˈsʌm.ən/

summonverb[T](ORDER)

C2
toordersomeone to come to or bepresentat aparticularplace, or toofficiallyarrangeameetingofpeople:
命令…到（某地）；传唤；召唤；召集
GeneralRattigan summoned reinforcements tohelpresisttheattack.拉蒂根将军命令增援部队协助抵挡进攻。
On 20July, thetowncouncilwas summonedtohearanemergencyreportonitsfinances.7月20日，镇政务委员会被召集起来听取有关其财务问题的紧急报告。
We were summonedtothe headmaster'soffice.我们被叫去了校长办公室。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to ask someone to come to you
  • callThe children called for him at night.
  • call outPlease avoid calling out the doctor unless it is an emergency.
  • send forSomeone has already sent for a doctor.
  • summonI was summoned to the headmaster's office.
  • summonsIf you are summonsed and do not attend court, you may be found guilty of contempt of court.
  • hailShe walked to the corner and hailed a cab.
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More examples
  • Late lastnight, theFrenchambassadorwas summoned to the ForeignOfficetodiscussthecrisis.
  • After her month'ssickleave, she was summoned toseethe company'swelfareofficer.
  • He summoned histroops.
  • We were summoned to the headmaster'soffice.
  • She summoned us toadmireher newgreenhouse.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Inviting & summoning
  • ask
  • asksomeonein
  • asksomeoneout
  • call
  • call (something) out
  • callsomeonein
  • convene
  • convoke
  • invite
  • invitesomeonein
  • invitesomeoneover
  • invitee
  • plus one
  • recall
  • resummon
  • send forsomeone
  • shout
  • shout onsomeone
  • summons
  • uninvited
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Planning, expecting and arranging

summonverb[T](PRODUCE STRENGTH)

C2
toincreaseyourcourageorstrength,especiallywith aneffort:
（尤指努力地）鼓起（勇气），积聚（力气）
It took me sixmonthsto summon(up)thecouragetoaskhim out for adrink.我花了6个月时间才鼓起勇气约他出去喝一杯。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Trying and making an effort
  • A game
  • all-out
  • assault
  • attempt
  • attempted
  • bid
  • commitment
  • crack
  • go down swinging/fightingidiom
  • go for itidiom
  • go forsomeone
  • go out ofyourwayidiom
  • go the extra mileidiom
  • nose
  • seek
  • smarten upyouractidiom
  • square the circleidiom
  • step on the gasidiom
  • stick atsomething
  • stick tosomething
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(Definition ofsummonfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

summon| American Dictionary

summon
verb[T]
us
/ˈsʌm·ən/
toordersomeone come to aparticularplace, or toofficiallytellsomeone to bepresent:
Thepresidentsummoned anemergencymeetingof hisadvisers.
I have been summoned toappearincourt.
To summon is also tofind,call, orgathertogether something for use:
I couldn't summon anystrength.
He summoned up enoughenergytopreparearevisionof hisnovel.
To summon is also torememberorimaginesomething:
HerecollectsthestreetsofPariswhen he was astudentand summons up thefacesoffellowstudents.
(Definition ofsummonfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

summon| Business English

summon
verb[T]
uk
/ˈsʌmən/us
MEETINGS
toofficiallytellsomeone to be in aparticularplace, or bepresentfor aparticularpurpose:
be summoned to sthIntelligenceofficialswere summoned toCapitolHilltoday totalkaboutglobalsecuritythreats.
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(Definition ofsummonfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsummon

summon
The magistrate summoned the scrivener and asked him who the woman had been with when she had asked him to write a plaint.
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He was incensed and summoned the villagers to appear before him.
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They were summoned to the court to give advice.
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He also summoned music therapists to engage in work with traumatised children living in cultures moving through massive periods of transformation.
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The two together create local conflicts, which are already summoning the invisible fist rather than the transparent regulatory hand.
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In the first interview all of the ' elders ' of the village (important male household heads of advanced age) were summoned.
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Litigants and witnesses are made to wait outside till they are summoned into the presence of the court.
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What he calls the 'demon of comparison ' needs, he warns, to be summoned with care and restraint (p. 12).
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Such an attitude would not have been possible with the approach of the classical bourgeois revolutions, since these summoned the proletariat into the plan.
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In either case, the intention seems to be that when summoned by voice or memory, he appears.
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In this sense, summoning by name is the stronger form and a pre-positioned address term is the weaker form.
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Experts were also summoned as witnesses, but not as expert witnesses.
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Commoners had surprising access to their sovereign ; travellers describe a string of bells which citizens could ring and be summoned to the king's presence in order to register their grievances.
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A phantasm has been summoned.
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When the local magistrate summoned and questioned the plaintiff and asked him the route to the provincial capital where the office was, the plaintiff said he did not know.
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