[mass noun]the action of invoking something or someone for assistance or as an authority 引用,援引 the invocation of new disciplines and methodologies. 对于新学科和新方法论的援引。 ■the summoning of a deity or the supernatural 求神,乞灵,祈求神助 his invocation of the ancient powers of Callanish. 他向卡拉尼什古老神魔力量的祈求。 ■[count noun]an incantation used for this (祈祷时的)咒语 ■[count noun](in the Christian Church) a form of words such as ‘In the name of the Father’ introducing a prayer, sermon, etc (指基督教会)(祈祷,布道等开始时)引词
派生 invocatory [ɪnˈvɒkət(ə)rɪ] adjective 语源
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin invocatio(n-), from the verb invocare (see invoke)