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 muster ['mʌstɚ]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 召集, 集合, 检阅, 清单, 花名册, 样品

vt. 召集, 集合, 应召

vi. 集合, 集中




    muster
    muster
    [ noun ]
    1. a gathering of military personnel for duty

    2. <noun.group>
      he was thrown in the brig for missing muster
    3. compulsory military service

    4. <noun.act>
    [ verb ]
    1. gather or bring together

    2. <verb.contact> come up muster up rally summon
      muster the courage to do something
      she rallied her intellect
      Summon all your courage
    3. call to duty, military service, jury duty, etc.

    4. <verb.communication>


    Muster \Mus"ter\, n. [OE. moustre, OF. mostre, moustre, F.
    montre, LL. monstra. See {Muster}, v. t.]
    1. Something shown for imitation; a pattern. [Obs.]

    2. A show; a display. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.

    3. An assembling or review of troops, as for parade,
    verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or
    introduction into service.

    The hurried muster of the soldiers of liberty.
    --Hawthorne.

    See how in warlike muster they appear,
    In rhombs, and wedges, and half-moons, and wings.
    --Milton.

    4. The sum total of an army when assembled for review and
    inspection; the whole number of effective men in an army.

    And the muster was thirty thousands of men.
    --Wyclif.

    Ye publish the musters of your own bands, and
    proclaim them to amount of thousands. --Hooker.

    5. Any assemblage or display; a gathering.

    Of the temporal grandees of the realm, mentof their
    wives and daughters, the muster was great and
    splendid. --Macaulay.

    {Muster book}, a book in which military forces are
    registered.

    {Muster file}, a muster roll.

    {Muster master} (Mil.), one who takes an account of troops,
    and of their equipment; a mustering officer; an inspector.
    [Eng.]

    {Muster roll} (Mil.), a list or register of all the men in a
    company, troop, or regiment, present or accounted for on
    the day of muster.

    {To pass muster}, to pass through a muster or inspection
    without censure.

    Such excuses will not pass muster with God. --South.


    Muster \Mus"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mustered}; p. pr. & vb.
    n. {Mustering}.] [OE. mustren, prop., to show, OF. mostrer,
    mustrer, moustrer, monstrer, F. montrer, fr. L. monstrare to
    show. See {Monster}.]
    1. To collect and display; to assemble, as troops for parade,
    inspection, exercise, or the like. --Spenser.

    2. Hence: To summon together; to enroll in service; to get
    together. ``Mustering all its force.'' --Cowper.

    All the gay feathers he could muster. --L'Estrange.

    {To muster troops into service} (Mil.), to inspect and enter
    troops on the muster roll of the army.

    {To muster troops out of service} (Mil.), to register them
    for final payment and discharge.

    {To muster up}, to gather up; to succeed in obtaining; to
    obtain with some effort or difficulty.

    One of those who can muster up sufficient
    sprightliness to engage in a game of forfeits.
    --Hazlitt.


    Muster \Mus"ter\, v. i.
    To be gathered together for parade, inspection, exercise, or
    the like; to come together as parts of a force or body; as,
    his supporters mustered in force. ``The mustering squadron.''
    --Byron.

    1. Specialists say impeachment would require two-thirds support in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. The Collor government is trying, through judicious spending of public money, to muster the 168 votes he would require to survive in Congress.
    2. He claims they've been unable to muster more than a handful for protest marches and haven't delayed his plans a day.
    3. The surge partly reflected market makers' setting prices at lower levels to muster up investor interest and rebuild their positions at the lower levels.
    4. Several Democratic members of the panel conceded that they probably couldn't muster the two-thirds vote needed to override a veto.
    5. The FCC argued that it didn't pass constitutional muster and had a chilling effect on material broadcasters were willing to use.
    6. Their fear: that some partnership trades don't pass muster in some states.
    7. Students at the London School of Economics failed to muster the two-thirds majority they needed Tuesday to oust the convicted murderer of a policeman as honorary president of their union.
    8. In Estonia, anti-independence forces planned strikes at major government-owned enterprises on Monday, but it was not clear how much support they could muster.
    9. Guillermo Jimenez Morales, leader of the PRI bloc, told reporters that if necessary, the PRI can muster a bare majority of one vote, install the lower chamber and proceed with business without the opposition.
    10. 'We should use the leverage that the caisse can muster to bring foreign industrial groups to consider Quebec as an area to invest.' The leverage is being wielded in a number of ways.
    11. Japanese officials said their action was intended only to give Mr. Sato more time to muster political support for a compromise that could satisfy the U.S. without threatening the livelihoods of thousands of Japanese farmers.
    12. "This is just a recognition of the fact that times have changed, and we want to change with them." Proponents of the amendment were confident last week that they would muster the votes for passage.
    13. Critics question how much enthusiasm the president can muster for Bush among hard-liners on the right.
    14. But the governor, who ran as an independent, vetoed the proposal, and the House couldn't muster the votes to override.
    15. The House, with its hefty Democratic majority, is expected to muster the necessary two-thirds margin in a vote that may come tomorrow.
    16. The governor, pro-choice advocates and some lawmakers have expressed doubts whether the bill would pass court muster.
    17. But Mrs. Breuel may need every ounce of political savvy she can muster to deal with a wave of scandals shaking her agency.
    18. Senior conservatives are growing uneasy about the People's Party backing President Kurt Waldheim, who for the first time in an opinion poll did not muster the support of a majority of Austrian voters.
    19. Efforts to whisk the bill through the House Rules Committee on Wednesday were stalled for hours over Democratic concerns that Michel would muster the strength on the floor to send the measure back to the committee.
    20. Those groups routinely muster crowds of several hundred, who turn out for pro-Marcos rallies at public squares and in front of the American embassy.
    21. The agency said there is confusion about whether the company's generic version of the brand-name blood-pressure drug Dyazide actually passed muster in 1987 laboratory testing to determine if it is as effective as Dyazide.
    22. In a half-dozen cases, he demonstrated leadership by assigning the decisions to himself to write and by producing opinions that were able to muster a majority.
    23. Saddam spoke at the opening session of an emergency Arab League summit to muster support for what he says is a Western and Israeli campaign against his country.
    24. Congress passed nearly identical bills in 1985 and 1988 but, then as now, was unable to muster the two-thirds majorities needed in both the House and Senate to override vetoes by former President Reagan.
    25. "If they put the machine in a public place like the lobby and it dispensed cash, that would probably pass muster," and allow bankers to deny they knew advances were for gambling.
    26. James Gamble said he was disappointed the resolution failed to muster the minimum 3 percent of shares voted that would have allowed him to bring it up again for a vote at the next shareholder meeting.
    27. This grouping allows Spain to combine with Italy and Greece to muster 23 votes to block decisions judged to infringe its vital interests, mainly in the area of Mediterranean agriculture. For the UK, the tale is more tangled.
    28. The Conrail plan for the turtles must pass muster with French's office, its first hurdle in the turtle case.
    29. There does appear to be some improvement over time for Japan, although this improving trend does not pass statistical muster.
    30. They must also pass muster with elected politicians who want constituencies likely to vote the right way.
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