drum up

英 [drʌm ʌp]

美 [drʌm ʌp]

竭力争取（支持）; 兜揽（生意）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 竭力争取(支持);兜揽(生意)
  If youdrum upsupport or business, you try to get it.
  1. The UN secretary-general arrived in Tokyo to drum up support for international peacekeeping...
     联合国秘书长抵达东京竭力为国际维和争取支持。
  2. It is to be hoped that he is merely drumming up business.
     但愿他只是在招揽生意。

英英释义

verb

• gather
  1. drum up support
  Synonym:beat uprally

双语例句

• If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to go to the forest to gather wood, saw it, and nail the planks together.
  如果你想要造一艘船，你所需要做的不是敲着鼓把人赶到树林里取来木材，锯木板，然后把木板钉起来。
• The UN launched a major airlift and tried to drum up donor support.
  联合国发起了空中救援，并大力争取援助方的支持。
• You were hired to drum up new business, so go and do it.
  公司雇你招徕新业务，你就做你的事好了。
• The department store is offering reductions on many types of merchandise, in an effort to drum up business.
  这家百货店为努力招徕生意将许多商品减价出售。
• Advertisements should help to drum up some business.
  广告应当有助于兜揽生意。
• I have just started in a new role to drum up clients for a corporate consultancy.
  我刚开始做一份新工作，为一个公司顾问机构招徕客户。
• A friend sent me your column about how to drum up new business, and I'm doing everything it suggests, but I also wonder how to make the most of the Internet in getting the word out about my services.
  朋友向我推荐了一篇您的专栏，是有关如何开发新客户的，我都一一照做了。但我还想利用互联网让更多的人了解我所提供的服务。
• Just think, without a son, he couldn't drum up a family;
  想想看吧，本来就没有儿子，不能火火炽炽的凑起个家庭来；
• They are in town to drum up resources for the mainland's travel enthusiasts.
  他们正在商业闹区向大陆旅游爱好者推广旅游资源。
• The President is attempting to drum up public support for his economic program.
  总统正竭力争取公众对他的经济计划予以支持。