drum up

1. PHRASAL VERB 竭力争取(支持);兜揽(生意)
   If you drum up support 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。

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。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. Developers are increasingly resorting to creative sales tactics to drum up interest.
   为此，越来越多的开发商正在采取富有创意的销售策略。
8. 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。
9. Now work has dried up and we are all sitting around pretending to be busy and failing to drum up business.
   现在，没有业务了，我们全都无所事事，假装很忙，却接不到业务。
10. The President tried to drum up congressional support for his energy policy.
    总统试图取得国会对其能源政策的支持。
11. 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。
12. Let's try to drum up some more business.
    我们再想办法兜揽多些生意。
13. Advertisements should help to drum up some business.
    广告应当有助于兜揽生意。
14. 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。
15. 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。
16. He had flown to the north of the country to drum up support for the campaign.
    他飞到该国北方去为竞选争取对这一运动的支持。他们未能激起人们对新政府的热情。
17. 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。
18. 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。
19. 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。
20. If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders.
    如果你想造一艘船，你需要做的不是鼓励人们去采集木头，分配工作然后发号施令。
21. 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。
22. The purpose of his trip was to try to drum up some support for his ideas.
    他这次旅行的目的就是为了他的主张呼吁一些支持。
23. He had flown to the north of the country to drum up.
    他飞到该国北方去为竞选争取支持。
24. 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。
25. George was sending him out into the rural districts to drum up trade.
    乔治赞成派他到乡下招揽生意。
26. 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。
27. 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。
28. 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；
29. 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。

verb

1. gather
   1. drum up support

   Synonym:    beat uprally