Word · Frequency #20070
evocations
唤起；再现
evocations is the plural of evocation.
the act of bringing a memory, feeling, or image back to mind through imagination
- 1.
The act of calling out or forth, or evoking.
召唤或唤起的行为。
招魂；召唤；诱发；激发；召唤或唤起的行为。；唤出；招魂
In use
Her poetry is a delicate evocation of the changing seasons.
The exhibition aims to create a faithful evocation of a Victorian street.
His description was such a clear evocation of the place that I felt I had been there.
an evocation of sth
可数名词用法，指一件具体的再现或写照，常与 of 连用。
Her poem is an evocation of the beauty of the natural world.
她的诗作是对自然之美的一种再现。
the evocation of sth
不可数用法，强调“召唤/唤起”这一行为，后接 of 引出对象。
The ceremony includes the evocation of ancestral spirits.
仪式包括对祖先灵魂的召唤。
the evocation of sth in sb
用于表示刺激或引发某种行为或反应，常见于心理学或生理学语境。
The experiment studied the evocation of fear responses in the subjects.
该实验研究的是被试者身上恐惧反应的诱发。
Common mistakes
The song evocation happy memories of my childhood.The song evokes happy memories of my childhood.
evocation 是名词，不能直接作谓语；表达“唤起”应用动词 evoke，并根据主语用 evokes。
The author's evocation about his childhood is vivid.The author's evocation of his childhood is vivid.
evocation 表示“对某事物的再现/唤起”时，被唤起的内容要用介词 of 引出，不能用 about。
The old photograph brought back evocations of my grandmother.The old photograph brought back memories of my grandmother.
evocation 指“唤起、再现”这一动作或作品，不指“回忆”本身；表示“回忆”用 memory。
Connections
Collocations
- vivid evocation
- 生动的再现；生动的唤起
- The film is a vivid evocation of life in 1920s Shanghai.这部电影生动地再现了20世纪20年代上海的生活。
- evocation of spirits
- 招魂；召唤亡灵
- The shaman's evocation of spirits was part of the harvest festival.萨满的招魂仪式是丰收节的一部分。
- evocation of aggression
- 诱发攻击行为
- The experiment measured the evocation of aggression by violent imagery.实验测量了暴力画面诱发攻击行为的程度。
- literary evocation
- 文学再现；文学性的唤起
- This poem is a delicate literary evocation of loss.这首诗是对失落的细腻文学再现。
- evocation of memory
- 唤起记忆
- The old song was an unexpected evocation of memory.这首老歌意外地唤起了记忆。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 e 看作“向外”，voca 是“喊”：把记忆或灵魂喊出来，就是唤起、招魂。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：文学/艺术评论、超自然或仪式描写、心理学/行为研究 该词为名词，通常用于正式或学术语境；多表示‘唤起/再现’（如唤起记忆或情感）、‘招魂/召唤’或‘诱发行为’，具体含义需结合搭配判断。口语中较少见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与 evocation 的结尾都含 /keɪʃən/ 或 /eɪʃən/，重读元音和后续辅音一致，因此押韵。注意 'evoke' /ɪˈvoʊk/ 和 'vocal' /ˈvoʊkəl/ 虽然拼写相近，但发音与 evocation 不同。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.