詞彙精選：summon的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
v.
召喚 [T]
例句：
I will summon him hither.
我去叫他到這兒來。
例句：
He summoned his soldiers to fight.
他號召部下戰鬥。
召集 [T]
例句：
The shareholders were summoned to a general meeting.
那些股東被召集去參加股東大會。
例句：
They had to summon a second conference and change the previous decision.
他們不得不召集第二次會議，改變以前的決定。
【律】傳訊，傳喚 [T]
例句：
We are not parliamentarians with rights to summon witnesses and to protect for our privileges.
我們不是有權傳喚證人、有權保護自身特權的議員。
例句：
Both the complainant and defendant could summon witnesses.
原告方和被告方都可以傳訊證人。
請求，要求，要求...投降 [I]
例句：
He is summoned to appear before the committee.
他被要求出席委員會的會議。
使出；鼓起（勇氣）；振作（精神等）；喚起；使呈現出來；使浮現 [T]
例句：
I can't summon up much enthusiasm for the project.
這計畫引不起我多大興趣。
例句：
I had to summon all my nerve to face my boss.
我得鼓足勇氣去見上司。
二、詞義辨析：
call,summon,send for
這些動詞或詞組均含有“召集，召喚”之意。call非正式用詞，含義廣泛，指用說話或呼叫的形式召喚。summon正式用詞，指官方或正式的召集，召集者具有權力或權威性。 send for作“召喚”解時，語氣較隨便，暗示委派一件工作。
三、參考例句：
I will summon him hither.
我去叫他到這兒來。
I will summon him hither.
我去叫他到這兒來。
Both the complainant and defendant could summon witnesses.
原告方和被告方都可以傳訊證人。
She tried to summon up the memory of the event.
她試圖喚起對那件事的回憶。
I can't summon up much enthusiasm for the project.
這計畫引不起我多大興趣。
A man brags that he can summon the dead.
一個人炫耀說可以召喚死者靈魂。
I couldn't summon up his name at the moment.
此時我無論如何想不起他的名字了。
They had to summon a second conference and change the previous decision.
他們不得不召集第二次會議，改變以前的決定。
The Narnians believed it could summon their kings and queens of old.
納尼亞人相信它能召喚出以前的國王和女王。
I had to summon all my nerve to face my boss.
我得鼓足勇氣去見上司。
