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VERB
援用,援引(法律)
If you invoke a law, you state that you are taking a particular action because that law allows or tells you to.
例句
The judge invoked an international law that protects refugees.
法官援引了一项保护难民的国际法。
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VERB
引用,援引(原则、格言、名人)
If you invoke something such as a principle, a saying, or a famous person, you refer to them in order to support your argument.
例句
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。
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VERB
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 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.
例句
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。
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VERB
向(神灵)祈求(帮助或宽恕)
If someone invokes a god, they ask the god for help or forgiveness.
例句
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。