conjure
英 ['k?nd??]
美 ['k?nd??]
- vt. 念咒召喚；用魔法驅趕；提出，想象；懇求
- vi. 施魔法；變魔術
助記提示
1、con- "together" + jur- "swear" + -e.
2、字面含義為：swear together, command on oath.
中文詞源
conjure 變魔術con-, 強調。-jur, 發誓，念咒，詞源同abjure, jurist.
英文詞源
- conjure (v.)
- late 13c., "command on oath," from Old French conjurer "invoke, conjure" (12c.), from Latin coniurare "to swear together; conspire," from com- "together" (see com-) + iurare "to swear" (see jury (n.)). Magical sense is c. 1300, for "constraining by spell" a demon to do one's bidding. Related: Conjured; conjuring. Phrase conjure up "cause to appear in the mind" (as if by magic) attested from 1580s.
雙語例句
- 1. By 1920, Fox and Universal were already names to conjure with.
- 到1920年，福克斯和環球已經聲名顯赫。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. What does the word "feminist" conjure up for you?
- “女權主義者”這個詞會讓你想到什么？
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. They managed to conjure a victory.
- 他們出人意料地取得了勝利。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Her grandfather taught her to conjure.
- 她的祖父教她變魔術。
來自《權威詞典》
- 5. I can't simply conjure up the money out of thin air.
- 我是不能像變魔術似的把錢變來.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》