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单词 invoke
释义
invoke
verb[T]
formal
uk
/ɪnˈvəʊk/us
/ɪnˈvoʊk/
to use alawinordertoachievesomething, or tomentionsomething inordertoexplainsomething or tosupportyouropinionoraction:
援引，借助（法律）
Policecan invoke thelawtoregulateaccessto theseplaces.警方可以借助有关法律来约束人们进入这些地方。
torequesthelpfrom someone,especiallyagod, when youwanttoimproveasituation:
求助于，借助于（尤指神灵）
Theirsacreddanceisperformedto invokeancientgods.他们表演圣舞以祈求古代神灵保佑。
to make someone have aparticularfeelingorremembersomething
唤起，引起，使记起
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invocation
(Definition ofinvokefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

invoke| American Dictionary

invoke
verb[T]
us
/ɪnˈvoʊk/

invokeverb[T](CALL FOR HELP)

tocallon something or someone,esp.God, forhelp

invokeverb[T](USE)

tocausesomething to be used;bringintoeffect:
Rather thananswerthequestion, thewitnessinvoked the FifthAmendmentagainstincriminatinghimself.
(Definition ofinvokefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

invoke| Business English

invoke
verb[T]
formal
uk
/ɪnˈvəʊk/us
to use something such as alawtohelpyou when youwantto do something:
Regulators said they would invokelegalpowerstoenforcethechange.
IT
to make acomputerprogramstartworking:
invoke sth from sthYou may have to invoke theprogramfrom thecommandline.
(Definition ofinvokefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinvoke

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Unfortunately, as he himself admits, the notion of presence he invokes is not abundantly clear.
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The reader as médisant who might criticize love and speak against it, after all, is a figure he himself invokes.
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At a more sophisticated level, computerised methods of a technique known as discriminant analysis can be invoked.
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Even if we do not limit the notion of tolerance by invoking moral norms, we are always limited by moral norms.
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Legal models were invoked, certain entitlements under a will, to illuminate a moral notion.
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However, invoking these corrective rules inappropriately leads to dissimilation.
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What is repeatedly invoked is the transformative role of gendered individuals, and apparently only two genders.
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I should emphasize that every expression invokes a presupposed viewing arrangement as part of the conceptual substrate that supports its meaning and shapes its form.
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The reinforcing use of terribly in was invoked in combination with negative adjectives such as offensive.
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If the underlying assumptions are not valid, then procedures must be invoked to make them valid.
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However, conditional egalitarianism cannot be explained by invoking the person-affecting principle.
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The counterfactual pre-proposal situation he invokes is nothing but a situation ruled by alternative, counterfactual constraints.
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She invokes again her basic explanandum of political power and centre-periphery struggles over resources.
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Principles that are invoked in the acquisition of words, but not facts.
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In some colonies the law on the infringement of the indenture had to be invoked too often.
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