invoke
vt. 乞靈,祈求; 提出或授引…以支援或證明; 召鬼; 藉助
If you invoke a law, you state that you are taking a particular action because that law allows or tells you to.
The judge invoked an international law that protects refugees.
法官援引了一項保護難民的國際法。
If you invoke something such as a principle, a saying, or a famous person, you refer to them in order to support your argument.
He invoked memories of Britain's near-disastrous disarmament in the 1930s...
他援引了英國 20 世紀 30 年代幾近災難性的裁軍事件。
In political matters George Washington went out of his way to avoid invoking the authority of Christ.
在政治問題上,喬治·華盛頓刻意避免藉助基督的權威。
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.
The music invoked the wide open spaces of the prairies.
該音樂營造出了一幅大草原上寬廣遼闊的景象。
If someone invokes a god, they ask the god for help or forgiveness.
The great magicians of old always invoked their gods with sacrifice.
舊時一些有名的巫師經常以祭品祈求他們所供奉神靈的助佑。
1. evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic;
2. cite as an authority; resort to;
3. request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection;
Modeless dialog boxes frequently have several buttons that immediately invoke various functions.
不要忘記非模態對話方塊中經常會有幾個按鈕,可以立即啟用不同的功能.
Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors.
讓雙方尋求利用科學的奇蹟,而不是乞靈於科學造成的恐怖.
This command will invoke the HELP system.
這條指令將啟用“幫助”系統.
To invoke a remote method, a request is sent.
為了呼叫遠端的方法, 需要傳送一個請求.
The Irony which I invoke is no cruel Deity.
我所祈求的諷刺並不是一個殘酷的神靈.