drum up

基本解释

They were trying to drum up new business.
他们正在努力兜揽新生意。
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The French have found it hard to drum up support for the EU force in Chad: neither the British, who are stretched in Iraq and Afghanistan, nor the Germans are sending any troops.
法国人发现，目前很难鼓动各国对欧盟在乍得的军队给予支持——英国在忙于在伊拉克与阿富汗的军事扩张，而德国也不会派遣军队。
They were trying to drum up some new recruits.
他们在努力招募新兵。

"South Africa is very keen to drum up support and worldwide interest in the World Cup.
There is a kind of drum beat of thematic material as these scenes pile up.
剧情在不断变换,的场景下不断上演。
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Mr.Brown has just returned from a whistle-stop tour of France, the United States and South America to drum up support for unified economic action.

Further, the self-interest of every audience segment will be examined in order to drum up interest.
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