invoke
动词 v.
英 /ɪnˈvəʊk/
美 /ɪnˈvoʊk/
英文释义
动词 v.
- To call upon (a person, a god) for help, assistance or guidance.
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To solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable attitude.
— The envoy invoked the King of Kings's magnanimity to reduce his province's tribute after another drought.
- To call another ship.
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To call to mind (something) for some purpose.
— After marriage, the man had anciently (but this was anterior to Christianity) the power of life and death over his wife. She could invoke no law against him; he was her sole tribunal and law.
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To appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority.
— In certain Christian circles, invoking the Bible constitutes irrefutable proof.
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To conjure up with incantations.
— This satanist ritual invokes Beelzebub.
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To bring about as an inevitable consequence.
— Blasphemy is taboo as it may invoke divine wrath.
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To cause (a program or subroutine) to execute.
— Interactive programs let the users enter choices and invoke the corresponding routines.
词汇关系
词源
From Middle English *invoken, envoken, borrowed from Old French envoquer, from Latin invocāre (“to call upon”), itself from in- + vocare (“to call”). Doublet of invocate.
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