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an order to appear in court （法院的）传唤，传票 to issue a summons against somebody 向某人发出传票 The police have been unable to serve a summons on him. 警方一直无法把传票送达他本人。 She received a summons to appear in court the following week. 她收到一张传票，让她下周出庭。
Extra ExamplesTopics Law and justicec2The landlord issued a summons against her for non-payment of rent. 房东以未付房租为由对她发出传票。 Her neighbours took out a summons against her for noise nuisance. 邻居以噪音扰民为由向法院申请对她的传票。 The summons can be served on either of the partners in the business. 传票可以递给公司两个合伙人中的任何一个。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- court
- jury
- witness
- …
- issue
- take out
- deliver
- …
- summons against
- summons for
- a summons to appear in court
an order to come and see somebody 召唤；召见令 to obey a royal summons 听从国王的召唤
Extra ExamplesHe received a summons to appear before the committee. 他接到命令去接受委员会的问询。 I received an urgent summons to her office. 她紧急召我去她办公室。 I stayed at home that night awaiting her summons. 那晚我待在家里等待她的召唤。 She responded immediately to the summons from her boss. 老板要见她，她立刻就去了。 She was ready when the summons came. 接到命令时她已经准备就绪。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- urgent
- royal
- send
- send out
- await
- …
- come
- summons from
- summons to
- a summons to appear before somebody
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French sumunse, from an alteration of Latin summonita, feminine past participle of summonere ‘give a hint’, later ‘call, summon’, from sub- ‘secretly’ + monere ‘warn’.