invoking
英 [ɪnˈvəʊkɪŋ]
美 [ɪnˈvoʊkɪŋ]
v. 援引,援用(法律、规则等作为行动理由); 提及,援引(某人、某理论、实例等作为支持); 提出(某人的名字,以激发某种感觉或行动)
invoke的现在分词
现在分词:invoking
柯林斯词典
- VERB 援用,援引(法律)
If youinvokea 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.
法官援引了一项保护难民的国际法。
- The judge invoked an international law that protects refugees.
- VERB 引用,援引(原则、格言、名人)
If youinvokesomething 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。
- He invoked memories of Britain's near-disastrous disarmament in the 1930s...
- 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 musicinvokesa 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.
该音乐营造出了一幅大草原上宽广辽阔的景象。
- The music invoked the wide open spaces of the prairies.
- VERB 向(神灵)祈求(帮助或宽恕)
If someoneinvokesa god, they ask the god for help or forgiveness.- 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。
- The great magicians of old always invoked their gods with sacrifice.