1 VERB 援用,援引(法律) If you
invoke a law, you state that you are taking a particular action because that law allows or tells you to.
援用,援引(法律) 2 VERB 引用,援引(原則、格言、名人) If you
invoke something such as a principle, a saying, or a famous person, you refer to them in order to support your argument.
引用,援引(原則、格言、名人) -
He invoked memories of Britain's near-disastrous disarmament in the 1930s. [VERB noun]
他援引了英國 20 世紀 30 年代幾近災難性的裁軍事件。
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In political matters George Washington went out of his way to avoid invoking the authority of Christ. [VERB noun]
在政治問題上,喬治·華盛頓刻意避免借助基督的權威。
3 VERB 引起,喚起,激發(感情或景象,許多人認爲這種用法不正確) 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.
引起,喚起,激發(感情或景象,許多人認爲這種用法不正確) SYN bring out, conjure up, summon up
4 VERB 向(神靈)祈求(幫助或寬恕) If someone
invokes a god, they ask the god for help or forgiveness.
向(神靈)祈求(幫助或寬恕) [literary] SYN call upon,
appeal to,
pray to,
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