单词 | evocative |
释义 | evoc·a·tive 1. < a preface evocative … of interest — Times Literary Supplement > < the function of alcoholic overindulgence on some individuals … is not … evocative of socially or personally disapproved behavior — R.M.Lindner > 2. a. < the ideas of Thomas Jefferson will always be evocative … read or heard they inspire and arouse any audience — W.S.Lynch > < spheres of discourse … rich in evocative or emotive overtones — F.W.Leakey > b. (1) < superbly evocative account, rooted in fact but crowned with imagination — E.M.Lustgarten > < one of his book's most evocative passages … describes the effect of this lotus land on the American soldiers — Time > < a war novel … powerful and terse, with evocative, minute details of war — Richard Plant > (2) < the old photographs are charmingly evocative — Lee Rogow > < described and illustrated the apples of England: their evocative names, subtle flavors, and the season of highest quality for each — Herbert & Mary Miles > |
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