| 单词 | invoke |
| 释义 | invoke (ɪnvoʊk ) Word forms: invokes , invoking , invoked 1. verb If you invoke a law, you state that you are taking a particular action because that law allows or tells you to. The judge invoked an international law that protects refugees. [VERB noun] Synonyms: apply, use, implement, call in 2. verb If you invoke something such as a principle, a saying, or a famous person, you refer to them in order to support your argument. He invoked memories of Britain's near-disastrous disarmament in the 1930s. [VERB noun] 3. verb 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. The music invoked the wide open spaces of the prairies. [VERB noun] Synonyms: bring out, conjure up, summon up 4. verb If someone invokes a god, they ask the god for help or forgiveness. [literary] The great magicians of old always invoked their gods with sacrifice. [VERB noun] Synonyms: call upon, appeal to, pray to, petition Collocations: invoke the spirit of Slowly say their name to invoke their spirit. The Sun We, his sorrowing family of disciples, mourn his passing but shall ever continue to invoke his spirit. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They camped out under plastic macs and stoic umbrellas, invoking the spirit of street parties long forgotten. Times, Sunday Times He invokes the spirits of history and of liberty to aid him. The Times Literary Supplement Only the song and the dombra music of the shaman could be heard: he invoked his spirits. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 求助于 法律 Japanese: 発動する |
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