| 释义 |
a name to conjure withUsed to indicate that a particular person is very important or well regarded: on the merger scene his is a name to conjure with...- I used to live there for four years and when I moved to Brighton last year couldn't bring myself to sever all ties with the place - not only has it a name to conjure with, but its a lovely area too.
- No matter how many super-yachts tie up in its old port, or how many visitors swarm through its narrow streets and along its cafe-crowded quays, St Tropez is still a name to conjure with.
- It had, of course, always been a name to conjure with.
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