invoke
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"raise the specter of unemployment"
"he conjured wild birds in the air"
"call down the spirits from the mountain"
"He invoked the law that would save him"
"I appealed to the law of 1900"
"She invoked an ancient law"
"appeal to somebody for help"
"invoke God in times of trouble"
1.援用,援引(法律)
If youinvoke a law, you state that you are taking a particular action because that law allows or tells you to.
e.g. The judge invoked an international law that protects refugees.
法官援引了一项保护难民的国际法。
2.引用,援引(原则、格言、名人)
If youinvoke something such as a principle, a saying, or a famous person, you refer to them in order to support your argument.
e.g. He invoked memories of Britain's near-disastrous disarmament in the 1930s...
他援引了英国 20 世纪 30 年代几近灾难性的裁军事件。
e.g. In political matters George Washington went out of his way to avoid invoking the authority of Christ.
在政治问题上,乔治·华盛顿刻意避免借助基督的权威。
3.引起，唤起，激发(感情或景象，许多人认为这种用法不正确)
If something such as a piece of musicinvokes 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.
invoke的反义词
e.g. The music invoked the wide open spaces of the prairies.
该音乐营造出了一幅大草原上宽广辽阔的景象。
4.向(神灵)祈求(帮助或宽恕)
If someoneinvokes a god, they ask the god for help or forgiveness.
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e.g. The great magicians of old always invoked their gods with sacrifice.
旧时一些有名的巫师经常以祭品祈求他们所供奉神灵的助佑。
1. 激活：2 而方法可以由方法调用(method call)来激活(invoke)以执行其他任务.据个例子: 老板(调用者)要求员工(被调用者)完成一项任务,而老板并不知道工人怎样完成任务,而工人中 组织者比如车间主任他接到任务后,
It is unlikely that libel laws will be invoked.
不大可能诉诸诽谤法。
She invoked several eminent scholars to back up her argument.
她援引了几位赫赫有名的学者来支持她的论点。
His name was invoked as a symbol of the revolution.
他的名字被提出作为那次革命的象征。
The opening paragraph invokes a vision of England in the early Middle Ages.
头一段的引言描绘出中世纪前期的英格兰景象。
This command will invoke the HELP system.
这条指令将启用“帮助”系统。
The judge invoked an international law that protects refugees.
法官援引了一项保护难民的国际法。
He invoked memories of Britain's near-disastrous disarmament in the 1930s...
他援引了英国 20 世纪 30 年代几近灾难性的裁军事件。
In political matters George Washington went out of his way to avoid invoking the authority of Christ.
在政治问题上,乔治·华盛顿刻意避免借助基督的权威。
The music invoked the wide open spaces of the prairies.
该音乐营造出了一幅大草原上宽广辽阔的景象。
The great magicians of old always invoked their gods with sacrifice.
旧时一些有名的巫师经常以祭品祈求他们所供奉神灵的助佑。
Modeless dialog boxes frequently have several buttons that immediately invoke various functions.
不要忘记非模态对话框中经常会有几个按钮,可以立即激活不同的功能.
Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors.
让双方寻求利用科学的奇迹,而不是乞灵于科学造成的恐怖.
This command will invoke the HELP system.
这条指令将启用“帮助”系统.
To invoke a remote method, a request is sent.
为了调用远程的方法, 需要发送一个请求.
The Irony which I invoke is no cruel Deity.
我所祈求的讽刺并不是一个残酷的神灵.
Well, most banks rarely invoke that regulation.
大多数银行很少实际操作那条规定.
Most scientists today would rather invoke Charles Darwin to explain these patterns as products of evolution.
如今,大部分科学家更倾向于用查尔斯·达尔文来解释这些由进化而诞生的图案.
In entering upon this great office I humbly invoke the God of our fathers for wisdom.
在担任这一伟大职务时我谦恭地祈求我们先驱上帝给予我智慧.
I hope I'll never have to invoke this clause and lodge a claim with you.
伯恩:我希望我永远不会使用这个条款向你们索赔.
Certain applications need to invoke startup functions that run before the main program starts.
有些应用需要在主程序启运前运行启动函数.
Clicking the radio button to indicate Yes or No wouldn't invoke a page refresh.
点击单选按钮来选择“是”或“不”,但是这并不会刷新整个页面.
Any political entity would invoke religious solidarity to muster its strength in numbers.
政治组织更不惜利用宗教来招兵买马和团结人心.
End users perforce learned how to invoke applications via commands.
最终用户必须学会如何通过命令来调用应用程序.
Each time you invoke an external command, DOS must load the command from disk into memory.
每当要调一个外部命令时, DOS必须从磁盘将此命令装入存储器.
The randomistas, for example, often invoke behavioural explanations for their experimental results.
比如说随机实验学派经常援引行为经济学的观点来解释他们的实验结果.
A broken necklace or a cold in the nose, and they'd be weeping and invoking heaven.
出自：A. Alvarez