动员 (dòng yuán) — to mobilize (people or resources)
Definition
动员 focuses on rallying people to act for a cause (募捐、志愿活动). Compared with 发动 (launch/initiate a campaign or machine) and 调动 (redeploy personnel or bring out a quality), 动员 specifically means to mobilize people.
verb
to mobilize (people or resources)
Measure word · 次
Easily confused
Examples
- 动员。Xué xiào dòng yuán xué shēng cān jiā zhì yuàn zhě huó dòng.The school mobilized students to participate in volunteer activities.
- 动员。Gōng sī dòng yuán quán tǐ yuán gōng wèi zāi qū juān kuǎn.The company mobilized all employees to donate for the disaster area.
- 动员。Zhèng fǔ jìn xíng le yí cì dà guī mó dòng yuán.The government carried out a large-scale mobilization.
Browse more HSK 7-9 words or search the full 43,000-word dictionary.