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

• 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。
• Automatic control of hydraulic cylinder pressure fitting can drum up and down about the two forces balance stress.
  自动式油压缸控制贴合压力，可使上下两滚筒左右压力平衡受力。
• To further drum up Chinese pride, the national anthem and31 other patriotic songs were uploaded onto the satellite so it could broadcast the music back to China.
  为了鼓舞中国人的自豪感，国歌和其他31首爱国歌曲被载上卫星可以将音乐回放到中国。
• Who knows, you might be able to drum up new clients in the soup line.
  你或许能在领汤的队伍里找到新客户，谁知道呢。
• We will soon drum up support for the proposal.
  我们很快会争取到很多人支持这项提议。
• 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。
• The lawyers make nothing, but use the service to drum up custom.
  律师们不为别的，只为利用提供服务争取客户。
• 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。
• Advertisements should help to drum up some business.
  广告应当有助于兜揽生意。
• But it's a lot of work to drum up that much foreign business when you pour lead and melamine into all your products.
  如果你想吸引大批的外国业务，但你的产品中含有铅或三聚氰胺时，你需要做大量的工作。