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

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。
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。
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；
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。
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。
I will drum up an excuse for coming to see you next week.
我要找个借口下周好来看你。
Corporate sponsorship has been proving hard to drum up in these troubled economic times.
而在如今困难的经济环境下，也很难吸引到企业赞助。
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 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。
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。