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muster
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈmʌs.tər/ us /ˈmʌs.tɚ/
a group of people, especially soldiers, who have been brought together（尤指部队的）集合，集结

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muster
verb
us/ˈmʌs·tər/

musterverb (PRODUCE)

[ T ]
to produce or encourage an emotion or support for something:
I shouted with all the lung power I could muster.

musterverb (GATHER)

[ I/T ]
to gather together as a group or force, or to cause a force to gather, esp. in preparation for a fight:
[ T ]Opponents will have to muster at least 23 votes to defeat the bill.

Examples of muster

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The idea, of course, was to make up for the waning frequency of musters by training the militia properly.
Only extremely tenuous evidence of residences near wetland locales has been mustered in support of this model.
Many people, including some evolutionists, dislike these truisms, but no one has mustered an evidence-based case against them.
He musters a great deal of evidence to prove this point.
Unless, of course, such a disturbance already existed, and the cohort had been mustered to quell it.
Even so, "gradually he mustered force to put the sin at a distance".
The evidence mustered to support this claim is often sketchy.
Only one mercer may be mustered, but there were drapers and tailors, the latter more noticeably by the mid-sixteenth century, and a good many were occupied in the victualling trades.
From the point of view of the lord of the manor there were five freeholders, all of whom had earlier featured in the musters, two as inhabitants of the village.
We remain poorly equipped to address such questions, but it is important to assess what facts, or even speculations, might be mustered towards a better understanding.
Several thousand men, women and children were herded into these settlements, to cultivate by day and be guarded by sentries at night, thrice being mustered and counted.
If anyone failed to attend the muster, heavy fines and punishments could be imposed.
Nevertheless, it is easy to underestimate just how complex behaviour has to be before attributions of attitude and meaning pass methodological muster.
As a result, she attempts to muster her defensive coping strategies, which then limits her ability to engage positively with family members.
Relying on technology or experts, decision-makers can also muster additional resources.
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