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

• In 1990, the UK's armed forces mustered some 306,000 personnel; last year the tally was 188,000.
  1990年，英国军队征召了大约30.6万名士兵；而去年只征召了18.8名。
• Many regiments of volunteers were mustered into service at the beginning of the war.
  战争初期征召了许多志愿军。
• He mustered all his courage to take part in the game.
  他鼓起全部的勇气参加比赛。
• We are a nation that mustered a sense of common purpose to overcome Depression and fear itself.
  我们是一个在大萧条面前团结一致克服困难，将恐惧留给萧条自己的民族；
• The general mustered his troops.
  那位将军召集他的军队。
• The men mustered before their clan chiefs
  男人们聚集在族长们面前。
• I mustered the best possible smile.
  我尽量展颜欢笑。
• He mustered all the troops.
  他召集了所有的部队。
• I ordered all the raw recruits to be mustered.
  我命令叫所有的新兵都集合起来。
• The drilling troops mustered on the hill.
  演习部队在小山上集合起来了。