释义 |
invoke UK [ɪn'vəʊk] US [-'voʊk] formal verb transitive ■to request or use a power outside yourself, especially a law or a god, to help you when you want to improve a situation 求助于,借助于(尤指法律或神灵)•Police can invoke the law of trespass to regulate access to these places.员警可以借助有关非法侵入的法律来约束人们进入这些地方。 •Their sacred dance is performed to invoke ancient gods.他们表演圣舞以祈求古代神灵保佑。 ■to make someone have a particular feeling or remember something 唤起,引起,使记起 |