conjure
verb
1
- /ˈkʌndʒə(r)/ with obj. make (something) appear unexpectedly or seemingly from nowhere as if by magic如用魔术般地变出：
Anne conjured up a most delicious home-made hot pot.
安妮魔术般地变出了一壶烫好的极醇美的自酿酒。
1.1
- call (an image) to the mind使呈现于脑际; 想像：
she had forgotten how to conjure up the image of her mother's face.
她已想不起她母亲的脸长得什么样了。
1.2
- (of a word, sound, smell, etc. ) cause someone to feel or think of (something)（词、声音、气味等）使感到; 使想起, 使追忆：
a special tune that conjures up a particular time and place.
令人想起特别时刻及场合的专用曲调。
1.3
- call upon (a spirit or ghost) to appear by means of a magic ritual施魔法召唤（神灵, 鬼魂）：
they hoped to conjure up the spirit of their dead friend.
他们希望能施魔法召来已逝朋友的灵魂。
2
- /kənˈdʒʊə(r)/with obj. and infinitive archaic implore (someone) to do something〈古〉恳求, 祈求。
短语
a name to conjure with
- used to indicate that one believes a person to be important within a particular sphere of activity被认为在某活动领域中很重要且有影响的人：
on the merger scene his is a name to conjure with.
他在合并现场扮演了重要的角色。
词源
Middle English （also in the sense 'oblige by oath'）： from Old French conjurer 'to plot or exorcize', from Latin conjurare 'band together by an oath, conspire' （in medieval Latin 'invoke'）, from con- 'together' + jurare 'swear'.