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muster up

/muhs-ter/US // ˈmʌs tər //UK // (ˈmʌstə) //

聚集起来,聚集,聚集力量,鼓起勇气

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to assemble, as for battle, display, inspection, orders, or discharge.
    • : to gather, summon, rouse: He mustered all his courage.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to assemble for inspection, service, etc., as troops or forces.
    • : to come together; collect; assemble; gather.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an assembling of troops or persons for formal inspection or other purposes.
    • : an assemblage or collection.
    • : the act of mustering.
    • : Also called muster roll . a list of the persons enrolled in a military or naval unit.
  1. 1
    • : muster in, to enlist into service in the armed forces.
    • : muster out, to discharge from service in the armed forces: He will be mustered out of the army in only two more months.

Phrases

  • muster in
  • pass muster

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • We were going to go for everything we could to protect the city, and it passed muster with everybody up the way.

  • When the government conditions the grant of a benefit such as a permit, license, or registration on allowing access for reasonable health and safety inspections,’ it should not be difficult for such intrusions to pass constitutional muster, he wrote.

  • To be clear, this isn’t law yet, and if the failure of another elections bill this week in the narrowly GOP-controlled state Senate is any indication, it isn’t a cinch to pass muster.

  • If a script doesn’t pass muster on the mental health front, McCarthy says he will ask executives not to buy it.

  • The San Diego County Board of Supervisors has spent years and millions of dollars trying to get a Climate Action Plan that passes legal muster.

  • If it passed muster with an adjudicator, it would be put on at the local playhouse.

  • Unfortunately, the best response we can muster might be much harder than a band-aid or hidden camera.

  • Rising to retrieve it, I offer her what meager reassurance I can muster.

  • But two years after that, UFW walked away from its negotiations with Gerawan, unable to muster adequate worker support.

  • Yet, relative to the massive amount of attention, shock, and criticism, I can only muster a shrug and a plea to chill out.

  • These problems will exercise all the ingenuity and strength that Lombard Street can muster.

  • He could hit upon no plan, and he couldn't muster confidence to turn in.

  • Bruno was then introduced to each of the scouts, and they seemed to pass muster, for to each one he offered his paw.

  • Well, though they do muster strong, we may make Edward's party skip for all that; if we have but justice on our side.

  • With these words she gave Oliver her purse, and he started off without more delay at the greatest speed he could muster.