muster
muster 英 [ˈmʌstə(r)] 美 [ˈmʌstɚ]
vt. 召集；对…进行点名；使振作 n. 集合；检阅；点名册；集合人员 vi. 召集；聚集
进行时:mustering 过去式:mustered 过去分词:mustered 第三人称单数:musters 名词复数:musters
- Originally meaning only to gather soldiers, muster's definition has been expanded to include gathering up just about anything––you can muster up some dinner, some friends, or even some ketchup, pickles and mustard.
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- vt. 召集；对…进行点名；使振作
- n. 集合；检阅；点名册；集合人员
- vi. 召集；聚集
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1. Shall I muster the crew on the deck?
我必须召集船员在甲板集合吗？
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2. muster all the students you can find.
把能找到的学生都集合起来。
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3. Yet these models are still the best predictions of the future that science can muster.
但是这些模型仍然是科学能聚集起来的关于未来的最好预测。
- muster (n.) late 14c., "action of showing, manifestation," from Old French mostre "illustration, proof; examination, inspection" (13c., Modern French montre), literally "that which is shown," from mostrer (see muster (v.)). Meaning "act of gathering troops" is from c. 1400. To pass musters (1570s) originally meant "to undergo military review without censure."
- muster (v.) c. 1300, "to display, reveal, appear," from Old French mostrer "appear, show, reveal," also in a military sense (10c., Modern French montrer), from Latin monstrare "to show," from monstrum "omen, sign" (see monster). Meaning "to collect, assemble" is early 15c.; figurative use (of qualities, etc.) is from 1580s. To muster out "gather to be discharged from military service" is 1834, American English. To muster up in the figurative and transferred sense of "gather, summon, marshal" is from 1620s. Related: Mustered; mustering.
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