summonsum•mon /'sʌmən/

vt 正式

1. 召唤

• We were all summoned to meet the principal. 校长召见了我们所有人。

• She summoned her maid. 她把女佣召去。

2. 传讯；传唤

• He was summoned to appear in court. 他被传唤出庭。

3. 鼓起；振作

• He couldn't summon up the courage to ask me until now. 在此之前他还没有鼓起勇气问我。