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 ·

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.

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