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invoke [in'vəuk]
基本释义
- vt. 祈求,恳求,实行;援引、援用; 提及、提出; 引起、唤起、使产生; 向某人请求帮助 祈求;
词形变化
- 时 态:in·voked, in·vok·ing, in·vokes名 词:in·vok'er
参考例句
- Invoked the help of a passing motorist.
恳求一位过路的汽车司机给予帮助 - invoke emergency powers.
求助紧急备用部队。 - They invoked Hindu scripture to justify their position.
他们援引印度教的经文为他们的立场辩护。 - They invoked help in the desperate situation.
他们在走投无路的情况下恳求援助。 - These villagers invoked vengeance on their enemies.
这些村民们祈求天神向敌人报仇。
- Invoked the help of a passing motorist.
英英解释
3个动词解释
- summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
[同] conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, put forward, raise, stir
[例]- raise the specter of unemployment
- he conjured wild birds in the air
- call down the spirits from the mountain
- cite as an authority; resort to
[同] invoke, appeal
[例]- He invoked the law that would save him
- I appealed to the law of 1900
- She invoked an ancient law
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- summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic