invoke

英 [ɪnˈvəʊk]

美 [ɪnˈvoʊk]

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)

过去分词：invoked　现在分词：invoking　过去式：invoked　第三人称单数：invokes　

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牛津词典

verb

• 援引，援用（法律、规则等作为行动理由）
  to mention or use a law, rule, etc. as a reason for doing sth
  1. It is unlikely that libel laws will be invoked.
     不大可能诉诸诽谤法。
• 提及，援引（某人、某理论、实例等作为支持）
  to mention a person, a theory, an example, etc. to support your opinions or ideas, or as a reason for sth
  1. She invoked several eminent scholars to back up her argument.
     她援引了几位赫赫有名的学者来支持她的论点。
• 提出（某人的名字，以激发某种感觉或行动）
  to mention sb's name to make people feel a particular thing or act in a particular way
  1. His name was invoked as a symbol of the revolution.
     他的名字被提出作为那次革命的象征。
• 向（某人）请求帮助；（尤指）祈求神助
  to make a request (for help) to sb, especially a god
• 使产生，唤起，引起（感情或想象）
  to make sb have a particular feeling or imagine a particular scene
  1. The opening paragraph invokes a vision of England in the early Middle Ages.
     头一段的引言描绘出中世纪前期的英格兰景象。
• 调用；激活
  to begin to run a program, etc.
  1. This command will invoke the HELP system.
     这条指令将启用“帮助”系统。
• 用法术召唤（魔鬼）
  to make evil appear by using magic

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.
  1. The judge invoked an international law that protects refugees.
     法官援引了一项保护难民的国际法。
• 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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• 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.
  1. 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。
• VERB 向(神灵)祈求(帮助或宽恕)
  If someoneinvokesa god, they ask the god for help or forgiveness.
  1. 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。

英英释义

verb

• request earnestly (something from somebody)
  1. appeal to somebody for help
  2. Invoke God in times of trouble
  Synonym:appeal
• cite as an authority
  1. He invoked the law that would save him
  2. I appealed to the law of 1900
  3. She invoked an ancient law
  Synonym:appeal
• summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
  1. raise the specter of unemployment
  2. he conjured wild birds in the air
  3. call down the spirits from the mountain
  Synonym:raiseconjureconjure upevokestircall downarousebring upput forwardcall forth

双语例句

• In fact, you can invoke the Python interpreter to only process a Python program contained in a file.
  实际上，您可以调用Python解释器使其仅处理包含于一个文件中的一个Python程序。
• You can invoke this function from anywhere in the code.
  您可以在代码中的任何地方调用这个函数。
• 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。
• Next, let's find the port which contains the operations I want to invoke.
  接下来，我们要查找包含了我想要调用的操作的端口。
• A linkage part defines how the generated Java wrapper should invoke a called EGL program.
  linkage部件定义了生成的Java包装程序应该如何调用一个被调用EGL程序。
• The Linux system call interface provides the means for user-space applications to invoke kernel functionality.
  Linux系统调用接口提供了用户空间应用程序调用内核功能的方法。
• 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。
• This method is invoked when the client sends a request to the service the mediation flow is to invoke.
  当客户机将一个请求发送到服务时，这个方法将被调用，然后将调用中介流。
• In the first section, I demonstrate how to invoke web services from a BPEL process.
  在第一部分中，我将示范如何从BPEL流程中调用Web服务。
• You can configure and administer alternate endpoints via promoted properties on the service invoke and callout primitives.
  您可以通过服务调用和调出（callout）原语中的提升属性来配置和管理备用端点。