及物动词

1. 援用,援引(法律)
If you invoke a law, you state that you are taking a particular action because that law allows or tells you to.

2. 引用,援引(原则、格言、名人)
If you invoke something such as a principle, a saying, or a famous person, you refer to them in order to support your argument.

3. 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 music invokes a feeling or an image, it causes someone to have the feeling or to see the image. Many people consider this use to be incorrect.

4. 向(神灵)祈求(帮助或宽恕)
If someone invokes a god, they ask the god for help or forgiveness.

1. request earnestly (something from somebody)
ask for aid or protection

e.g. appeal to somebody for help
Invoke God in times of trouble

Synonym: appeal

2. cite as an authority
resort to

e.g. He invoked the law that would save him
I appealed to the law of 1900
She invoked an ancient law

Synonym: appeal

3. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic

e.g. raise the specter of unemployment
he conjured wild birds in the air
call down the spirits from the mountain

Synonym: raiseconjureconjure upevokestircall downarousebring upput forwardcall forth