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喚起 — meaning in English

huàn qǐ

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English meaning

  • evoke verb To bring a feeling, memory, or image to someone's mind.
  • recall verb To bring a past event or fact back into your mind; to remember.

Senses

喚起 is used for these senses in English:

  • evoke (transitive) To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.
  • recall (transitive) To call back, bring back, or summon (someone) to a specific place, station, etc. [from 16th c.]

evoke — full definition

  1. verb To bring a feeling, memory, or image to someone's mind.
  2. verb To provoke or draw out a particular reaction or response.

recall — full definition

  1. verb To bring a past event or fact back into your mind; to remember.
  2. verb To officially call someone or something back.
  3. verb To request the return of a faulty product.
  4. verb To remove an elected official from office through a public vote.
  5. noun The ability to remember, or an instance of remembering.

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