scare up

英 [skeə(r) ʌp]

美 [sker ʌp]

费力张罗; 勉强凑合

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 费力张罗;勉强凑合
  If youscare upsomething, you provide, produce, or obtain it, often when it is difficult to do so or when you do not have many resources.
  1. An all-star game might scare up a little interest...
     一场全明星比赛可能勉强会激起一点点兴趣。
  2. Why don't you see if you can scare up a cup of coffee?
     你看看能不能好歹沏一杯咖啡？

双语例句

• An all-star game might scare up a little interest
  一场全明星比赛可能勉强会激起一点点兴趣。
• You did give me a scare, creeping up on me like that!
  你那样悄悄地过来，真把我吓了一大跳！
• When a male gorilla is in danger, he often tries to scare away his enemy with loud noises, but he usually does not stand up and beat his chest with his fists.
  雄性狒狒处于危险之中时，常常竭力大声吼叫，吓跑敌人。但是，它一般不会站起来，用拳头捶打自己的胸部。
• I'll try and scare some up for you.
  我会给你找几个来的。
• Some of these articles are scare stories drummed up by unions or professional associations trying to fend off changes in pay and conditions.
  这些文章有的是工会或行业协会为了抵制薪酬和工作条件变动而鼓吹的耸人听闻的故事。
• Initially we wondered if the kite was deployed to scare the birds – last week nets were set up near the mudflat to trap birds.
  最初的现场讨论还怀疑风筝是有人故意放来吓雀的，因上星期泥滩付近发现有人设网捉雀。
• Banks forced to raise their capital bases will not want to scare away shareholders by loading up on Italian paper.
  被迫充实资本基础的银行，可不想让自己购买意大利债券的举动把投资者吓跑。
• Don't scare your customers away with an absurdly steep price, but don't make them turn up their noses at what they might perceive as a low-budget insult of an application.
  不要吓跑你的消费者用一个不合理荒谬的价格，也不要使他们折起鼻子当他们感觉到被产品侮辱因为他们只有一个低的预算。
• Okay, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you. I just have to clean that up.
  噢，我不是有意吓唬你的，我得收拾干净亚。
• I could hardly scare up ten shillings.
  我连十个先令也得不到。