1620s, from French évoquer or directly from Latin evocare "call out, rouse, summon" (see evocation). 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.
双语例句
1. These images are likely to evoke a strong response in the viewer.
这些图像可能会在观众中产生强烈反响.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. Dickens's readers really wanted to feel the kind of bathetic sadness that he tried to evoke.
狄更斯的读者非常希望感受到他试图唤起的那种虚假的悲伤。
来自辞典例句
3. They evoke no ardor in the male breast.
它激不起男人胸中的热情.
来自飘（部分）
4. We must - whatever strategies we evoke - keep those enemies the point of our attack.
不管我们开展什么样的战略,我们都必须把这些敌人作为我们的打击对象.
来自辞典例句
5. Her only resource was the sympathy she could evoke.