单词 | evoke |
释义 | evoke (once / 843 pages) 1v 2v The verb evoke most commonly means to bring a feeling, memory, or picture into the mind. When you visit your old elementary school, the smells, sounds, and colors there can evoke memories from the past. Similarly, a certain reaction can be evoked by words or actions, as in "His comments evoked anger in the community." A near synonym is elicit, as in "No matter how many different ways the detective questioned the suspect, he could not elicit any response. Evoke was borrowed from Latin evocare, from the prefix e- "out," plus vocare "to call." WORD FAMILYevoke: evocation, evocative, evoked, evokes, evoking+/evocation: evocations/evocative: evocatively USAGE EXAMPLESYet he also sustains an underlying sense of tension, revealing a deeper musical structure that evokes an ever-intensifying spiritual struggle. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) But the passion evoked by these issues suggests that something more is at stake. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) The opening “Big Show” movement evokes, he says, the “brash, brassy, razzle-dazzle of our city.” New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1v call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) evoke sympathy Syn|Hypo|Hyper arouse, elicit, enkindle, fire, kindle, provoke, raise strike a chord, touch a chord evoke a reaction, response, or emotion ask for, inviteincrease the likelihood of drawelicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc. rekindlearouse again infatuatearouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way prickto cause a sharp emotional pain fire up, heat, ignite, inflame, stir up, wakearouse or excite feelings and passions excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stirstir the feelings, emotions, or peace of excitearouse or elicit a feeling angermake angry discomfit, discompose, disconcert, untune, upsetcause to lose one's composure shamecause to be ashamed bruise, hurt, injure, offend, spite, woundhurt the feelings of overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, sweep over, whelmovercome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli interestexcite the curiosity of; engage the interest of devastateoverwhelm or overpower absorb, engage, engross, occupyconsume all of one's attention or time clutch, get hold of, seizeaffect affront, diss, insulttreat, mention, or speak to rudely fermentwork up into agitation or excitement fuelstimulate arouse, excite, sex, turn on, wind upstimulate sexually affright, fright, frighten, scarecause fear in enervate, faze, unnerve, unsettledisturb the composure of dissolvecause to lose control emotionally combustcause to become violent or angry miffcause to be annoyed gall, irkirritate or vex exasperate, incense, infuriatemake furious maddenmake mad offend, piquecause to feel resentment or indignation bemuse, bewilder, discombobulate, throwcause to be confused emotionally abash, embarrasscause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious discountenancelook with disfavor on anguish, hurt, paincause emotional anguish or make miserable laceratedeeply hurt the feelings of; distress stingcause an emotional pain, as if by stinging enrageput into a rage; make violently angry thrill, tickle, vibratefeel sudden intense sensation or emotion afflictcause great unhappiness for; distress abase, chagrin, humble, humiliate, mortifycause to feel shame; hurt the pride of invite, temptgive rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting killoverwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration benightovertake with darkness or night knock outoverwhelm with admiration staggerastound or overwhelm, as with shock lockhold fast (in a certain state) elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick up, upliftfill with high spirits; fill with optimism animate, enliven, exalt, inspire, invigorateheighten or intensify titillateexcite pleasurably or erotically aggravate, exacerbate, exasperateexasperate or irritate fascinate, grip, spellbind, transfixto render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe enthusecause to feel enthusiasm create, make make or cause to be or to become 2v call to mind this remark evoked sadness Syn|Hypo|Hyper paint a picture, suggest reek, smack, smell have an element suggestive (of something) imply, incriminate, inculpatesuggest that someone is guilty evince, express, show give expression to 3v evoke or provoke to appear or occur Syn|Hypo|Hyper call forth, kick up, provoke arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, invoke, put forward, raise, stir summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic pick provoke cause, do, make give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally 4v summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, invoke, put forward, raise, stir call forth, kick up, provoke evoke or provoke to appear or occur anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict wish harm upon; invoke evil upon blessgive a benediction to anele, anoint, embrocate, inunct, oiladminister an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing create, make make or cause to be or to become v deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning) Syn|Hyper draw out, educe, elicit, extract construe, interpret, see make sense of; assign a meaning to |
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