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in.voke objHIn5vEJk, $-5voJkv [T] fmlto request or use (a power outside yourself, esp. a law or a god) to help when you want to improve a situation恳求,求助于,祈求(神等)保佑Police can invoke the law of trespass to regulate access to these places.警察可以借助非法侵入的法律来约束人们进入这些地方。Mr. Pierce invoked the Fifth Amendment, which states that you do not have to be a witness against yourself, and refused to testify.《美国宪法修正案》第五条规定一个人可以不做不利于自己的证人,皮尔斯先生援用此规定,拒绝作证。Invoking morality on this occasion would not be appropriate.在这种场合求助于道德规范是不合适的。Their sacred dance is performed to invoke ancient gods.他们表演神圣舞蹈以祈求古代神灵保佑。If something invokes a memory it makes you remember something.唤起,引起The song invoked memories of that wonderful summer.这首歌引起对那个美妙夏天的回忆。
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