conjure up

英 [ˈkʌndʒə(r) ʌp]

美 [ˈkʌndʒər ʌp]

变魔术般地创造出; 使浮现于脑海; 想起; （字词、声音等）使想起，使联想到

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 使浮现于脑海;想起
  If youconjure upa memory, picture, or idea, you create it in your mind.
  1. When he closed his eyes, he could conjure up in exact colour almost every event of his life...
     他闭上眼睛时，几乎他一生中经历的每一件事情都会真切地浮现在他的脑海。
  2. When we think of adventurers, many of us conjure up images of larger-than-life characters trekking to the North Pole.
     一想到探险者，我们很多人脑海中浮现的便是长途跋涉前往北极的非凡人物形象。
• PHRASAL VERB (字词、声音等)使想起，使联想到
  If something such as a word or soundconjures upparticular images or ideas, it makes you think of them.
  1. Jimmy Buffett's music conjures up a warm night in the tropics...
     吉米·巴菲特的音乐让人想起热带地区温暖的夜晚。
  2. What does the word 'feminist' conjure up for you?
     “女权主义者”这个词会让你想到什么？
• → see:conjure 1

英英释义

verb

• summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
  1. raise the specter of unemployment
  2. he conjured wild birds in the air
  3. call down the spirits from the mountain
  Synonym:raiseconjureinvokeevokestircall downarousebring upput forwardcall forth

双语例句

• Susan can conjure up a good deal in half hour.
  苏珊能在半小时内变戏法似的做出一顿美味的饭菜。
• Now locals believe that these stalagmites and stalactites conjure up weird images of heaven and hell.
  当地人认为，这些石笋和石钟乳所展现的是一副诡异的天堂与地狱的图画。
• What others might earn in a decade, he can conjure up in an afternoon.
  其他人用十年时间赚到的，他在一个下午就能得到。
• I can't conjure up a solution just like that, you know.
  我可不会像变戏法般地解决这个问题，你知道的。
• When we think of adventurers, many of us conjure up images of larger-than-life characters trekking to the North Pole.
  一想到探险者，我们很多人脑海中浮现的便是长途跋涉前往北极的非凡人物形象。
• How am I expected to conjure up a meal for six of his friends with almost nothing in the fridge?
  冰箱里几乎什么都没有，我怎么凭空给他六个朋友变出一顿饭来？
• Unfortunately, I can't just conjure up the money out of thin air!
  遗憾的是，我可不能用戏法凭空变出钱来。
• The mere mention of the words 'heart failure', can conjure up, to the layman, the prospect of imminent death
  一提“心脏衰竭”四字，外行人就联想到命不久矣的情景。
• Try to conjure up a picture of life in ancient Greece.
  请想象出一幅古埃及生活的画面。
• Numbers of this magnitude inevitably conjure up terrifying visions of shortage and chaos.
  这个天文数字让人很难不去联想到匮乏与混乱的恐怖局面。