The word "invoke" is a verb with multiple meanings, including to cite a law or principle as supporting evidence, to call upon a deity or spirit, or to evoke a feeling or image. It can also be used in computing to start a program.
The word "invoke" is a verb with multiple meanings, including to cite a law or principle as supporting evidence, to call upon a deity or spirit, or to evoke a feeling or image. It can also be used in computing to start a program.
[VERB 动词]援用,援引(法律) If you invoke a law, you state that you are taking a particular action because that law allows or tells you to.
[V n]
The judge invoked an international law that protects refugees.
法官援引了一项保护难民的国际法。
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[VERB 动词]引用,援引(原则、格言、名人) If you invoke something such as a principle, a saying, or a famous person, you refer to them in order to support your argument.
[V n]
He invoked memories of Britain's near-disastrous disarmament in the 1930s...
他援引了英国 20 世纪 30 年代几近灾难性的裁军事件。
In political matters George Washington went out of his way to avoid invoking the authority of Christ.
在政治问题上,乔治·华盛顿刻意避免借助基督的权威。
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[VERB 动词]引起,唤起,激发(感情或景象,许多人认为这种用法不正确) If something such as a piece of music invokes a feeling or an image, it causes someone to have the feeling or to see the image. Many people consider this use to be incorrect.
[V n]
The music invoked the wide open spaces of the prairies.
该音乐营造出了一幅大草原上宽广辽阔的景象。
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[VERB 动词]向(神灵)祈求(帮助或宽恕) If someone invokes a god, they ask the god for help or forgiveness.
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[LITERARY 文]
The great magicians of old always invoked their gods with sacrifice.
旧时一些有名的巫师经常以祭品祈求他们所供奉神灵的助佑。
Oxford
in·vokeAWL/ɪnˈvəʊk; NAmEɪnˈvoʊk/verb1invokesth (against sb) to mention or use a law, rule, etc. as a reason for doing sth 援引,援用(法律、规则等作为行动理由)◆It is unlikely that libel laws will be invoked.不大可能诉诸诽谤法。2invokesb/sth to mention a person, a theory, an example, etc. to support your opinions or ideas, or as a reason for sth 提及,援引(某人、某理论、实例等作为支持)◆She invoked several eminent scholars to back up her argument.她援引了几位赫赫有名的学者来支持她的论点。3invokesth to mention sb's name to make people feel a particular thing or act in a particular way 提出(某人的名字,以激发某种感觉或行动)◆His name was invoked as a symbol of the revolution.他的名字被提出作为那次革命的象征。4invokesb to make a request (for help) to sb, especially a god 向(某人)请求帮助;(尤指)祈求神助5invokesth to make sb have a particular feeling or imagine a particular scene 使产生,唤起,引起(感情或想像)SYN
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◆The opening paragraph invokes a vision of England in the early Middle Ages.头一段的引言描绘出中世纪前期的英格兰景象。HELPSome people think this use is not correct. 有些人认为此用法不正确。6invokesth ( computing 计) to begin to run a program, etc. 调用;激活◆This command will invoke the HELP system.这条指令将启用“帮助”系统。7invokesb/sth to make evil appear by using magic 用法术召唤(魔鬼)invokeinvokesinvokedinvokingin·voke/ɪnˈvəʊk; NAmEɪnˈvoʊk/
1if you invoke a law, rule etc, you say that you are doing something because the law allows or forces you to: The UN threatened to invoke economic sanctions if the talks were broken off.2to make a particular idea, image, or feeling appear in people’s minds by describing an event or situation, or by talking about a person → evoke: a painting that invokes images of the Rocky Mountains During his speech, he invoked the memory of Harry Truman.3to use a law, principle, or theory to support your views4to operate a computer program5to ask for help from someone more powerful than you, especially a god: St. Genevieve is often invoked against plagues.6to make spirits appear by using magic: invoking the spirits of their ancestors
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[ɪnˈvəʊk]invoked, invoking, invokes
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请求(37%),援引(31%),引起(16%),求助(9%),乞灵于(7%)
vt.调用;祈求;引起;恳求
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