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invoke vt.援引；引起；求助；请求；乞灵于[计算机] 调用. (1) 政府援引国家机密保密法以禁该书。(2) 它引起一些新的问题。(3) 演讲唤起了他童年的记忆。(4) 他们在走投无路的情况下恳求援助。(5) 让我们祈求和平之福。(6) 他恳求法官宽恕。(7) 他们在困难时向上帝乞灵。 You can invoke all kinds of people or ideas, alive or dead: "She invokes the spirit of good writing when she proofreads her work." In a time of need, you might invoke a higher power. You could invoke Martin Luther King when talking about equal rights. You might even invoke the spirit of your dead cat at a séance. Just make sure you don't evoke (to bring on a strong emotional reaction) your dead cat; that would just be weird.

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英 [ɪn'vəʊk] 美 [ɪn'voʊk] (1) The government has invoked the official secret act in having the book banned.(2) It invokes new problems.(3) The speech invoked his memory of childhood.(4) They invoked help in the desperate situation.(5) Let us invoke the blessings of peace.(6) He invoked the judge's mercy.(7) They invoked God in times of trouble. To invoke is to call up something such as a law, a higher power, or even a ghost. In court, you might invoke the Fifth Amendment (the right not to say something that will make you look bad) if you don't want to talk. 1[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。2[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。3[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。4[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.   [V n]  [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。

英语单词	invoke
英美音标	英 [ɪn'vəʊk] 美 [ɪn'voʊk]
中文释义	vt.援引；引起；求助；请求；乞灵于 [计算机] 调用.
英语例句	(1) The government has invoked the official secret act in having the book banned. (2) It invokes new problems. (3) The speech invoked his memory of childhood. (4) They invoked help in the desperate situation. (5) Let us invoke the blessings of peace. (6) He invoked the judge's mercy. (7) They invoked God in times of trouble.
中文例句	(1) 政府援引国家机密保密法以禁该书。 (2) 它引起一些新的问题。 (3) 演讲唤起了他童年的记忆。 (4) 他们在走投无路的情况下恳求援助。 (5) 让我们祈求和平之福。 (6) 他恳求法官宽恕。 (7) 他们在困难时向上帝乞灵。
vocabulary简明	To invoke is to call up something such as a law, a higher power, or even a ghost. In court, you might invoke the Fifth Amendment (the right not to say something that will make you look bad) if you don't want to talk.
vocabulary扩展	You can invoke all kinds of people or ideas, alive or dead: "She invokes the spirit of good writing when she proofreads her work." In a time of need, you might invoke a higher power. You could invoke Martin Luther King when talking about equal rights. You might even invoke the spirit of your dead cat at a séance. Just make sure you don't evoke (to bring on a strong emotional reaction) your dead cat; that would just be weird.
柯林斯解释	1 [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。 2 [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。 3 [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。 4 [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. [V n] [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。

Invoke Invoked Verb 动词 [V N D God