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

• 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。
• Okay, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you. I just have to clean that up.
  噢，我不是有意吓唬你的，我得收拾干净亚。
• Some of these articles are scare stories drummed up by unions or professional associations trying to fend off changes in pay and conditions.
  这些文章有的是工会或行业协会为了抵制薪酬和工作条件变动而鼓吹的耸人听闻的故事。
• 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？
• 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。
• I could hardly scare up ten shillings.
  我连十个先令也得不到。
• 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。
• You did give me a scare, creeping up on me like that!
  你那样悄悄地过来，真把我吓了一大跳！
• 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。
• 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。