招徕（顾客）；竭力争取；纠集；鼓动

drumming out───轰走；鸣鼓驱逐

dreaming up───设计；创造

gumming up───搞乱；把事情搞糟；使出毛病

summing up───总结

trumping up───伪造，捏造

rummaging up───翻找

brushing up───复习；提高；擦光

bumping up───向上翻录

clamming up───v.拒不开口

He now works tirelessly to get word out about Huntington's disease, giving lectures around the world, drumming up research dollars, and volunteering for genetic studies and other research.───他现在不知疲惫地宣传亨廷顿氏舞蹈症方面的知识，全球发表演讲，募集研究资金，而且还是一名基因及相关研究方面的志愿者。

By launching local-language websites, teams can tailor marketing to fit an individual country, drumming up local advertising and sponsorship revenue.───通过建立使用当地语言的网站，球队可以为某个国家制定出个性化的市场营销策略，并且从当地的广告商和赞助商那里获得收入。

to be hoped that he is merely drumming up business.───希望他只是在招揽生意。

She's dealing with customers and drumming up new business. The guy next to her is in charge of the office computer network.───她是跟客户打交道以及拓展新业务的。她旁边那个人负责公司的电脑网络。

Apple's Mac App Store is still relatively new, but it's already drumming up healthy business for the 300 most popular applications in store.───苹果的Mac应用商店相对而言还是全新的，但是它已经在竭力成为强力的生意，因为目前已经有400款热门的应用在店。

Eric Cieslewicz has spent the last couple of months drumming up business.───埃里克·塞斯莱维兹在过去的两个月内兜揽生意。

The coalition government may not want to spend political capital drumming up support for this particular example of globalisation.───澳大利亚联合政府可能不想投入什么政治资本，来争取对这一全球化“范例”的支持。

He has been visiting recession-wracked towns, wooing carefully-chosen journalists and drumming up support on the internet.───他曾经参观过经济衰退的城镇，面对那些小心选择过的、谄媚的记者，从互联网上招徕支持。

He is going around firms drumming up interest in the project.───他游说于各个公司以争取大家对这个项目的关注。

Drumming up support for a children's play group proved harder than she had expected.

They were busy canvassing and drumming up sentiment against the new government.

Both sides have been drumming up support through the internet and the mosques.

We've succeeded in drumming up a lot of local support for our attempt to stop the hospital being closed.

He travelled throughout Latin America drumming up support for the confederation.

He's going round firms drumming up interest in the project.

She's in Europe drumming up business for her new company.

Perot was in Europe, drumming up business for his new investment company.

It is to be hoped that he is merely drumming up business.