drum up

英 [drʌm ʌp]

美 [drʌm ʌp]

竭力争取（支持）; 兜揽（生意）

柯林斯词典

verb

Advertisements should help to drum up some business.
广告应当有助于兜揽生意。
The UN secretary-general arrived in Tokyo to drum up support for international peacekeeping
联合国秘书长抵达东京竭力为国际维和争取支持。
Who knows, you might be able to drum up new clients in the soup line.
你或许能在领汤的队伍里找到新客户，谁知道呢。
Developers are increasingly resorting to creative sales tactics to drum up interest.
为此，越来越多的开发商正在采取富有创意的销售策略。
Just think, without a son, he couldn't drum up a family;
想想看吧，本来就没有儿子，不能火火炽炽的凑起个家庭来；
It is to be hoped that he is merely drumming up business.
但愿他只是在招揽生意。
If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to go to the forest to gather wood, saw it, and nail the planks together.
如果你想要造一艘船，你所需要做的不是敲着鼓把人赶到树林里取来木材，锯木板，然后把木板钉起来。
The President tried to drum up congressional support for his energy policy.
总统试图取得国会对其能源政策的支持。
I will drum up an excuse for coming to see you next week.
我要找个借口下周好来看你。
He had flown to the north of the country to drum up.
他飞到该国北方去为竞选争取支持。