词汇精选：summon的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

v.

召唤 [T]

例句：

I will summon him hither.

我去叫他到这儿来。

例句：

He summoned his soldiers to fight.

他号召部下战斗。

召集 [T]

例句：

The shareholders were summoned to a general meeting.

那些股东被召集去参加股东大会。

例句：

They had to summon a second conference and change the previous decision.

他们不得不召集第二次会议，改变以前的决定。

【律】传讯，传唤 [T]

例句：

We are not parliamentarians with rights to summon witnesses and to protect for our privileges.

我们不是有权传唤证人、有权保护自身特权的议员。

例句：

Both the complainant and defendant could summon witnesses.

原告方和被告方都可以传讯证人。

请求，要求，要求...投降 [I]

例句：

He is summoned to appear before the committee.

他被要求出席委员会的会议。

使出；鼓起（勇气）；振作（精神等）；唤起；使呈现出来；使浮现 [T]

例句：

I can't summon up much enthusiasm for the project.

这计画引不起我多大兴趣。

例句：

I had to summon all my nerve to face my boss.

我得鼓足勇气去见上司。

二、词义辨析：

call,summon,send for

这些动词或词组均含有“召集，召唤”之意。call非正式用词，含义广泛，指用说话或呼叫的形式召唤。summon正式用词，指官方或正式的召集，召集者具有权力或权威性。 send for作“召唤”解时，语气较随便，暗示委派一件工作。

三、参考例句：

I will summon him hither.

我去叫他到这儿来。

I will summon him hither.

我去叫他到这儿来。

Both the complainant and defendant could summon witnesses.

原告方和被告方都可以传讯证人。

She tried to summon up the memory of the event.

她试图唤起对那件事的回忆。

I can't summon up much enthusiasm for the project.

这计画引不起我多大兴趣。

A man brags that he can summon the dead.

一个人炫耀说可以召唤死者灵魂。

I couldn't summon up his name at the moment.

此时我无论如何想不起他的名字了。

They had to summon a second conference and change the previous decision.

他们不得不召集第二次会议，改变以前的决定。

The Narnians believed it could summon their kings and queens of old.

纳尼亚人相信它能召唤出以前的国王和女王。

I had to summon all my nerve to face my boss.

我得鼓足勇气去见上司。