| 词汇 | conjure something ↔ up |
| 释义 | conjure something ↔ upconjure something ↔ up phrasal verbphr v a) THINK something/HAVE A THOUGHTto bring a thought, picture, idea, or memory to someone’s mind 使浮现于脑海，使想起 conjure up images/pictures/thoughts etc (of something) Dieting always seems to conjure up images of endless salads. 节食似乎总是让人想到不计其数的色拉。 b) GETto make something appear when it is not expected, as if by magic 魔术般地变出〔某物〕 Somehow we have to conjure up another $10,000. 我们得想办法再弄到一万美元。 c) ROMto make the soul of a dead person appear by saying special magic words 念咒使〔鬼魂〕出现，召〔魂〕 Examples from the Corpus conjure up• I came to London to lay ghosts, not to conjure them up.• Perhaps I am dreaming, he thought, perhaps I have simply conjured him up.• She had never permitted herself to conjure it up.• I conjured her up as a powerful conservative force in the village, a symbol of the old ways.• I conjured her up once more. conjure up images/pictures/thoughts etc (of something)• But my mind conjures up images of how they know my secret shame, and are talking about me behind my back.• Even quite wealthy individuals confess to conjuring up images of going cold and hungry.• Homeworking / teleworking Homeworking used to conjure up images of hard-pressed workers licking envelopes or schoolwork that we never wanted to do.• It conjures up images of Victorian family evenings round the piano.• My hon. Friend conjured up images of people coming out of taxis and meeting friends. → conjure something ↔ up at conjure(2) |
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