| 英语单词 | evocation |
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| 英美音标 | 英 [ˌiːvəʊ'keɪʃn] 美 [ˌiːvəʊ'keɪʃn] |
| 中文释义 | n.引起;唤起;<古> 召唤;招魂 |
| 英语例句 | (1) We start not so much with superior capacities as with superior stimuli for evocation and direction of our capacities. (2) During the evocation, the bell rang regularly as if pacify the soul of the dead. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 我们初生的时候,与其说是我们有优秀的能力,不如说是我们有引发和指导我们能力的优越的刺激。 (2) 招魂时,铜铃规律地当当当响,似在安抚亡者的灵魂。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Does the taste of a particular candy bar suddenly whisk you back to an earlier time in your life? That's an evocation, the summoning, usually unconscious, of a memory or emotional state caused by a particular stimulus. |
| vocabulary扩展 | The word invocation is often used interchangeably with evocation, though in fact they have quite different meanings. An invocation is a deliberate — as opposed to accidental or unconscious — summoning of a God or other form of supernatural power for aid. Very different, you'll agree. Unless of course you're trying to invoke the God of candy bars. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-VAR 可变名词]唤起;引起;再现 An evocation of something involves creating an image or impression of it. [usu N [FORMAL 正式]
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