scare up

英 [skeə(r) ʌp]

美 [sker ʌp]

费力张罗; 勉强凑合

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 费力张罗;勉强凑合
  If youscare upsomething, you provide, produce, or obtain it, often when it is difficult to do so or when you do not have many resources.
  1. An all-star game might scare up a little interest...
     一场全明星比赛可能勉强会激起一点点兴趣。
  2. Why don't you see if you can scare up a cup of coffee?
     你看看能不能好歹沏一杯咖啡？

双语例句

• I could hardly scare up ten shillings.
  我连十个先令也得不到。
• Initially we wondered if the kite was deployed to scare the birds – last week nets were set up near the mudflat to trap birds.
  最初的现场讨论还怀疑风筝是有人故意放来吓雀的，因上星期泥滩付近发现有人设网捉雀。
• Opposition candidates have tried to scare up support by encouraging conspiracy theories that the president is plotting to remain in power, perhaps by somehow sabotaging the election.
  反对派候选人试图通过鼓吹阿罗约的阴谋论，来获取支持，他们认为阿罗约可能正在暗中策划破坏选举，以求继续执政。
• They used this kind of scare tactic when I was growing up.
  在我小的时候，他们用过这种吓唬人的办法。
• Don't scare your customers away with an absurdly steep price, but don't make them turn up their noses at what they might perceive as a low-budget insult of an application.
  不要吓跑你的消费者用一个不合理荒谬的价格，也不要使他们折起鼻子当他们感觉到被产品侮辱因为他们只有一个低的预算。
• An all-star game might scare up a little interest
  一场全明星比赛可能勉强会激起一点点兴趣。
• Maybe he got scare when we showed up, and decided to move his cash elsewhere.
  也许我们的出现会使他惊吓，并且决定将他的钱移到其它地方。
• I'll see if I can scare up enough chairs for us all.
  我来看看能不能给大家凑够椅子。
• When a male gorilla is in danger, he often tries to scare away his enemy with loud noises, but he usually does not stand up and beat his chest with his fists.
  雄性狒狒处于危险之中时，常常竭力大声吼叫，吓跑敌人。但是，它一般不会站起来，用拳头捶打自己的胸部。
• Banks forced to raise their capital bases will not want to scare away shareholders by loading up on Italian paper.
  被迫充实资本基础的银行，可不想让自己购买意大利债券的举动把投资者吓跑。