看剧学英语|《小谢尔顿》S1E11之当小谢尔顿开始研究宗教

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　　01

　　summon

　　[ˈsʌmən]

　　VERB 召唤; 传唤; 召见

　　【英文释义】If you summon someone, you order them to come to you.

　　【例句】Howe summoned a doctor and hurried over...

　　豪叫了医生，然后匆忙赶了过来。

　　VERB 鼓起(勇气);振作;使出(力气)

　　【英文释义】If you summon a quality, you make a great effort to have it. For example, if you summon the courage or strength to do something, you make a great effort to be brave or strong, so that you will be able to do it.

　　【例句】It took her a full month to summon the courage to tell her mother.

　　她用了整整一个月才鼓足勇气告诉了妈妈。

　　【拓展】

　　summon up

　　1鼓起（勇气）；使出（力气） 2唤起；使想起

　　02

　　at stake

　　PHRASE 处于危险境地;处于成败关头

　　【英文释义】If something is at stake, it is being risked and might be lost or damaged if you are not successful.

　　【例句】The tension was naturally high for a game with so much at stake...

　　对于一场成败攸关的比赛来说气氛自然非常紧张。

　　【拓展】

　　stake

　　[steɪk]

　　N-PLURAL (比赛或行动的)赌注，风险

　　【英文释义】The stakes involved in a contest or a risky action are the things that can be gained or lost.

　　【例句】The game was usually played for high stakes between two large groups...

　　游戏通常在两大集团之间进行，下的赌注一般都很大。

　　VERB 将…押(在…);以…打赌;拿…冒险

　　【英文释义】If you stake something such as your money or your reputation onthe result of something, you risk your money or reputation on it.

　　【例句】He has staked his political future on an election victory...

　　他把自己的政治前途押在竞选获胜上。

　　PHRASE 提出权利要求;主张权利

　　【英文释义】If you stake a claim, you say that something is yours or that you have a right to it.

　　【例句】Jane is determined to stake her claim as an actress...

　　简决心主张自己作为一名女演员的权利。

　　03

　　hem

　　[hem]

　　N-COUNT （衣物等的）褶边，卷边;（裙子的）下摆

　　【英文释义】A hem on something such as a piece of clothing is an edge that is folded over and stitched down to prevent threads coming loose. The hem of a skirt or dress is the bottom edge.

　　VERB 缝…的褶边;给…镶边 【

　　英文释义】If you hem something, you form a hem along its edge.

　　【例句】Turn under and hem the outer edges...

　　翻下来缝外侧的边。

　　【拓展】

　　hem sb/sth↔in

　　包围，限制（某人 / 某事物）

　　【英文释义】to surround sb/sth so that they cannot move or grow easily

　　同义词： hedge sb/sth in

　　【例句】(figurative) She felt hemmed in by all their petty rules and regulations.

　　她觉得受到他们那些琐碎的规章制度的束缚。