muster

• 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
• n. (Muster)人名；(德、罗)穆斯特尔；(英)马斯特

来自拉丁语monstrare,显示，展示，来自monere,提醒，警告，词源同admonish,demonstration.后用于军事术语指召集，聚集，战前动员等。鼻音n脱落，比较dental,tooth.

1. a gathering of military personnel for duty;

"he was thrown in the brig for missing muster"

2. compulsory military service

muster

muster: see monster

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.

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."

We mustered what support we could for the plan.

我们极尽所能为这项计划寻求支持。

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She left the room with all the dignity she could muster .

她尽量庄重体面地走了出去。

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The troops mustered.

部队集结起来。

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to muster an army

集合一支部队

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muster stations (= parts of a building, a ship, etc. that people must go to if there is an emergency)

集结站

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He travelled around West Africa trying to muster support for his movement...

他在西非四处奔走，为自己的运动争取支持。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Mustering all her strength, Nancy pulled hard on both oars.

南希使出所有力气，用力划动双桨。

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The men mustered before their clan chiefs...

男人们聚集在族长们面前。

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The general had mustered his troops north of the Hindu Kush.

将军在兴都库什山脉以北集结军队。

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I could not pass muster in his language...

我说不好他的语言。

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If it doesn't pass muster, a radio station could have its license challenged.

如果不合要求，电台可能会被吊销执照。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Out of a restaurant, Liu Xing has been muster the stomach patted said.

出了餐馆, 刘星拍了拍已经鼓起的肚子说道.

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Go and muster all the men you can find.

去集合所有你能找到的人.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

I couldn't muster up a single commonplace out of the thousand in my head.

我脑子里虽有千百句客套话,可是一句也 说 不出来.

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Mobile Computing, Personal Digital Assistant, Educational Administration, Student Attendance Management , Point of Muster System.

动计算, 个人位助, 教育政, 学生出勤管, 点名点系统.

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His English is very fluent, and his pronuciation just pass muster.

他的英语很流利, 他的发音也不错.

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Going out takes all the determination, ingenuity and nerve that a young couple can muster.

想要出门约会, 年轻的情侣必须有智谋、勇气和决心.

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Thirty thousand men were to muster.

要集合的将达三万人.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

Any political entity would invoke religious solidarity to muster its strength in numbers.

政治组织更不惜利用宗教来招兵买马和团结人心.

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Illidan: Is this it, mortals? Is this all the fury you can muster?

伊利丹: “就这些能耐么, 凡人? 这就是你们的怒火的程度 么 ?”

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But no one has to muster up courage to enter a less pretentious antique shop.

但是,谁也不需要鼓足勇气才敢进不太做作的古董店.

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I had to muster my courage up to ask him that question.

我必须鼓起勇气向他问那个问题.

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They passed muster with the sentries.

他们通过了哨兵们的检查.

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But before the poopetrator could muster an apology he was interrupted by the stranger's cell phone.

不过当这个憨厚的大个子准备说句道歉的话时候,他那个陌生人的手机的铃声打断了.

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Strip them out, and the rest of the market will muster only 2 %.

把它们剔除以后, 市场中剩下的那些行业的利润率只有2%.

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Debbie too is amazed at the strength she managed to muster.

黛比也为自己能爆发出那么大的力量而感到十分惊异.

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We muster the spirit of America, and the faith of America.

我们振作起美国人的精神 、 美国人的信心.

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He also can muster courage and resist.

他也会鼓起勇气,进行抵抗的.

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