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evocative

/ih-vok-uh-tiv, ih-voh-kuh-/US // ɪˈvɒk ə tɪv, ɪˈvoʊ kə- //UK // (ɪˈvɒkətɪv) //

诱人的,诱发性的,传神的,诱发性

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : tending to evoke: The perfume was evocative of spring.

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Examples

  • Your documentaries are known for their evocative archive footage and music.

  • The writing is smart and evocative, and Miller’s characters are finely drawn.

  • Candles bring light, warmth, and room for contemplation, and their scents can be emotionally evocative.

  • This version of events had been reported by some early Christian writers, including an evocative story of the scrolls being fuel for the thousands of hot baths in the city.

  • Deep, evocative on-the-ground reporting, sharp analysis and terrific visual presentation of data create a powerful picture of the oil and petrochemical industries’ impact on Louisiana’s people and environment.

  • “We look for the qualities that are evocative of V.S.O.P Privilege,” explained Hennessy Senior Vice President Rodney Williams.

  • Another evocative term was coined a few years later, in 1995.

  • Even his name is a nom de guerre: Before launching the Temple, he went by the somewhat less evocative Doug Mesner.

  • Both are literally depictions of magical air, evocative of movement and potency stirring inside a writhing cloud.

  • After Hurricane Sandy, the NWS concluded that it should use similarly evocative language for storm-surge warnings.

  • Had he so soon forgotten that strange union of form and sound which once was known to the evocative rituals of olden days?

  • His verse is very evocative; in several syllables he forces his vision on us.

  • It was a sound, he realized in a flash, evocative and summoning.

  • What matter, then, if Michelet was the least trustworthy of historians since he was the most personal and the most evocative?

  • What could be more evocative of Salome than her kneeling before Julien's severed head?