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

• A House effort in the last Congress mustered strong opposition from the White House, which was concerned that it would jeopardize the privacy rights of consumers.
  在上一届国会中，众议院的一项法案遭到了白宫的强烈反对，白宫担心这会危害消费者的隐私权。
• I mustered the best possible smile.
  我尽量展颜欢笑。
• He mustered all his soldiers.
  他把士兵召集在一起。
• From our revolution, the Civil War, to the Great Depression to the civil rights movement, our people have always mustered the determination to construct from these crises the pillars of our history.
  从革命，内战，大萧条，直到民权运动，我国人民总是下定决心，从历次危机中构筑我国历史的支柱。
• The troops mustered on the hill.
  军队在山上集合了。
• They seem to have been badly selected, hastily mustered, inadequately trained and poorly equipped.
  他们好象都是马马虎虎派来的人，集合仓促，训练不足，装备也糟糕。
• He mustered all his courage to take part in the game.
  他鼓起全部的勇气参加比赛。
• The drilling troops mustered on the hill.
  演习部队在小山上集合起来了。
• He mustered up courage for the daring act.
  他鼓起勇气准备大胆行动。
• 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。