evoke
evoke 英 [ɪˈvəʊk] 美 [ɪˈvoʊk]
vt. 引起，唤起
进行时:evoking 过去式:evoked 过去分词:evoked 第三人称单数:evokes
- The verb evoke most commonly means to bring a feeling, memory, or picture into the mind. When you visit your old elementary school, the smells, sounds, and colors there can evoke memories from the past.
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- vt. 引起，唤起
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1. The music evoked memoriesof her youth.
这乐曲勾起了她对青年时代的回忆。
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2. His case is unlikely to evoke public sympathy.
他的情况不大可能引起公众的同情。
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3. a brilliant evocation of childhood in the 1940s
唤起对 20 世纪 40 年代童年生活的美好回忆
- evoke (v.) 1620s, from French évoquer or directly from Latin evocare "call out, rouse, summon," from assimilated form of ex "out" (see ex-) + vocare "to call" (from PIE root *wekw- "to speak"). Often more or less with a sense of "calling spirits," or being called by them. Of feelings, memories, etc., by 1856. Related: Evoked; evokes; evoking.
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