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VERB
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.
例句
The judge invoked an international law that protects refugees.
法官援引了一項保護難民的國際法。
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VERB
引用,援引(原則、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.
例句
He invoked memories of Britain's near-disastrous disarmament in the 1930s...
他援引了英國 20 世紀 30 年代幾近災難性的裁軍事件。
In political matters George Washington went out of his way to avoid invoking the authority of Christ.
在政治問題上,喬治·華盛頓刻意避免借助基督的權威。
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VERB
引起，喚起，激發(感情或景象，許多人認為這種用法不正確)
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.
例句
The music invoked the wide open spaces of the prairies.
該音樂營造出了一幅大草原上寬廣遼闊的景象。
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VERB
向(神靈)祈求(幫助或寬恕)
If someone invokes a god, they ask the god for help or forgiveness.
例句
The great magicians of old always invoked their gods with sacrifice.
舊時一些有名的巫師經常以祭品祈求他們所供奉神靈的助佑。