drum up

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  • na.招揽(顾客等)；招募(新兵等)；鼓励；激起
  • Web招徕；竭力争取；鼓动
Simple Present：drums up  Present Participle：drumming up  Past Tense：drummed up  

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na.
1.
招揽(顾客等);招募(新兵等)
2.
鼓励;激起

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Definition:
AllAll,招揽招揽,招募招募,鼓励鼓励,激起激起,招徕招徕,竭力争取竭力争取,鼓动鼓动
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1.
He made his announcement just as members of Zanu-PF were visiting Asian countries to drum up support.
他就是在民盟党成员访问亚洲国家寻求支持时，说这番话的。
tā jiù shì zài mín méng dǎng chéng yuán fǎng wèn yà zhōu guó jiā xún qiú zhī chí shí , shuō zhè fān huà de 。
zhangsuikai.blog.163.com
2.
Chicony, trying to drum up workers, has taken to sending a bus around Dongguan with a loudspeaker blaring, "Chicony is the best. "
群光公司，为竭力招揽工人，派了辆用个喇叭吼着“群光最好”的口号的大巴绕着东莞城转圈。
qún guāng gōng sī , wèi jié lì zhāo lǎn gōng rén , pài le liàng yòng gè lǎ ba hǒu zhe " qún guāng zuì hǎo " de kǒu hào de dà bā rào zhe dōng guǎn chéng zhuàn quān 。
article.yeeyan.org
3.
Other colleges, though, are trying to drum up excitement by offering perks that would have been unheard of a generation ago.
其他大学则尽可能提供一些在上一代人中闻所未闻的条件来引起学生们的兴趣。
qí tā dà xué zé jìn kě néng tí gōng yì xiē zài shàng yí dài rén zhōng wén suǒ wèi wén de tiáo jiàn lái yǐn qǐ xué shēng men de xìng qù 。
www.ecocn.org
4.
drum up customers in the economic downturn: letting customers decide how much they want to pay for their meal.
伦敦餐馆在经济萧条时期出绝招以招揽顾客：餐费随便顾客付。
lún dūn cān guǎn zài jīng jì xiāo tiáo shí qī chū jué zhāo yǐ zhāo lǎn gù kè : cān fèi suí biàn gù kè fù 。
blog.hjenglish.com
5.
In recent months Mr Fitzgerald had been working his contact list again, trying to drum up support for the latest Chrysler bail-out.
最近几个月，菲茨杰拉德先生竭尽所能利用所有关系，为克莱斯勒取得政府援助寻求支持。
zuì jìn jǐ gè yuè , fēi cí jié lā dé xiān sheng jié jìn suǒ néng lì yòng suǒ yǒu guān xì , wèi kè lái sī lè qǔ de zhèng fǔ yuán zhù xún qiú zhī chí 。
www.ecocn.org
6.
Italian clothing chain Benetton is trying to drum up attention for its flagging brand with ads showing global leaders kissing.
意大利服装连锁公司贝纳通（Benetton）正通过发布各国政要接吻的广告来吸引消费者对其旗舰品牌的关注。
yì dà lì fú zhuāng lián suǒ gōng sī bèi nà tōng ( Benetton ) zhèng tōng guò fā bù gè guó zhèng yào jiē wěn de guǎng gào lái xī yǐn xiāo fèi zhě duì qí qí jiàn pǐn pái de guān zhù 。
chinese.wsj.com
7.
Nail holes are usually sealed with putty, putty has to drum up attention, like a drum up to not, putty will slowly fall out from the inside.
通常钉眼是用腻子封住的，要注意腻子有否鼓起来，如鼓起来了就不行，慢慢腻子会从里面掉出来。
tōng cháng dīng yǎn shì yòng nì zi fēng zhù de , yào zhù yì nì zi yǒu fǒu gǔ qǐ lái , rú gǔ qǐ lái le jiù bù xíng , màn màn nì zi huì cóng lǐ miàn diào chū lái 。
www.xiami360.com
8.
In February, he helped the Yankees tour China with their World Series trophy, trying to drum up interest in Major League Baseball.
今年二月份，黄健华协助纽约扬基队带着他们的总冠军奖杯巡礼中国，试图唤起中国人对美国职业棒球大联盟（MLB）的兴趣。
jīn nián èr yuè fèn , huáng jiàn huá xié zhù niǔ yuē yáng jī duì dài zhe tā men de zǒng guàn jūn jiǎng bēi xún lǐ zhōng guó , shì tú huàn qǐ zhōng guó rén duì měi guó zhí yè bàng qiú dà lián méng ( MLB ) de xìng qù 。
kk.dongxi.net
9.
The lawyers make nothing, but use the service to drum up custom. Clients can test a lawyer's skill before opening their wallets.
律师什么都得不到，无非是利用这个服务去吸引客户前往；而客户也得以在掏钱之前测测律师的能力。
lǜ shī shén me dōu dé bú dào , wú fēi shì lì yòng zhè ge fú wù qù xī yǐn kè hù qián wǎng ; ér kè hù yě dé yǐ zài tāo qián zhī qián cè cè lǜ shī de néng lì 。
www.kekenet.com
10.
But however much support eBay can drum up in Brussels, it is unlikely to distract attention from the forthcoming decision in LVMH's lawsuit.
但是，不管EBAY在布鲁塞尔能够招徕什么样的支持，也无法将公众注意力从即将到来的LVMH诉讼案上移开。
dàn shì , bù guǎn EBAY zài bù lǔ sài ěr néng gòu zhāo lái shén me yàng de zhī chí , yě wú fǎ jiāng gōng zhòng zhù yì lì cóng jí jiāng dào lái de LVMH sù sòng àn shàng yí kāi 。
www.ecocn.org