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单词 evocation
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evocation

/ɛvəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n / /iːvəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n /
noun [mass noun]
1The act of bringing or recalling a feeling, memory, or image to the conscious mind: the vivid evocation of stillness in the title poem the evocation of deep emotions...
  • The earlier chapters of the novel provide a lively evocation of Oxford life.
  • The poem's theme moves between hope and the evocation of past happiness.
  • He performs a remarkable feat of narrative control: neither the themes, gags, puzzles nor pace of the plot obscure his rich evocation of places and the specificity of his people.
1.1 [count noun] An account or work of art that brings or recalls a feeling, memory, or image to the conscious mind: his 560-page epic is a detailed, moving evocation of childhood...
  • He provided evocations, picture-postcard memories of a vanishing, or already vanished, urban order.
  • The photographs are far from romantic evocations of the seaside and have a disengaged quality about them, lifeless without being sterile.
  • In his many evocations, he renders his sense of place and otherness with deliberate diction and well-placed references.
1.2The action of eliciting a response: the mutual evocation of responses through body language...
  • This was no shaggy jam session, but a rigorous evocation of a freak-out.
  • I loved the clever evocation of a primal fear featured in the many iterations of these songs.
  • It would be useful to be able to disconnect the recall of a particular set of memories with the evocation of an undesired emotional reaction.
2The action of invoking a spirit or deity: the evocation of wandering spirits...
  • By abstaining from the evocation of a given spirit, we open the door to any and every spirit who desires to enter.
  • The evocation of a spirit is precisely similar in essence.
  • The evocation of given spirits offers more difficulties for mediums than do spontaneous dictations.
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