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summoner

/suhm-uhn/US // ˈsʌm ən //UK // (ˈsʌmən) //

召唤师,召唤者,召集人,召唤家

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to call upon to do something specified.
    • : to call for the presence of, as by command, message, or signal; call.
    • : to call or notify to appear at a specified place, especially before a court: to summon a defendant.
    • : to authorize or order a gathering of; call together by authority, as for deliberation or action: to summon parliament.
    • : to call into action; rouse; call forth: to summon all one's courage.

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Examples

  • Not being a part of the classroom ecosystem means he needs to summon great self-determination to daily sit in front of his laptop in his bedroom to attend classes.

  • The study evaluated these two policy changes to New York City’s summons process that were gradually phased in during 2016.

  • Simple interventions, namely revamping the summons form to emphasize the court date and possibility of arrest and sending text reminders for an upcoming court appearance, help reduce no-show rates, researchers report online October 8 in Science.

  • Research suggests that the brain may summon spirits as a means of coping with trauma, especially the pain of losing a loved one.

  • He and his neighbors watched on cable television as DeJoy, summoned before House and Senate committees in late August, insisted that cost-cutting, not politics, motivated the operational changes.

  • In this case the midwife was afraid to go alone with her summoner, and begged that her husband might accompany her.

  • Thus I did until the summoner of death came to my abode, and disasters occurred before me.

  • The 3rd represents the Summoner led away, but this time neither to profit nor to pleasure, by his horned companion.

  • He had a Summoner ready to his hand, who worked under this strict archdeacon with equal severity.

  • Thank you, said the greedy Summoner; and they shook hands, and promised to be staunch friends and sworn brothers till they died!