Summons

(noun.) a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant.

(noun.) an order to appear in person at a given place and time.

手打:梅尔瓦

• The pleasanter face which had replaced his, on the occasion of my last visit, answered to our summons, and went before us to the drawing-room. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The prayer-bell rang; I obeyed its summons. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The ordinary Roman citizen, like the ordinary Boer, was a farmer; at the summons of his country he went on commando. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The summons was almost magical. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• To my surprise, it was a woman who answered the summons, a large, coarse-faced, elderly woman, in an apron. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Reader, it was on Monday night--near midnight--that I too had received the mysterious summons: those were the very words by which I replied to it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• No, I sent for him: but you know, you affirmed that I might do this with safety, since you were sure he would not obey my summons. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• This looks like one of those unwelcome social summonses which call upon a man either to be bored or to lie. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.

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