evocative
evocative — 形容詞
- evocativepositive
- more evocativecomparative
- most evocativesuperlative
1. Causing clear pictures, feelings, or memories to appear in your mind, often thro
引人聯想
讓人想起鮮明畫面或情感
Causing clear pictures, feelings, or memories to appear in your mind, often through art, music, smells, or places.
The old seaside hotel was evocative of the summers Diego spent with his cousins.
那間舊海邊旅館令人聯想到 Diego 跟表親共度的夏天。
pattern: be evocative of [memory]
To Amani, the violin tune felt evocative of evenings in her grandmother's small flat.
對 Amani 來說，那段小提琴旋律令人聯想到祖母小公寓裡的夜晚。
predicative adjective with experiencer fronted
The writer uses evocative details to make readers feel the heat of the desert.
作家用能引人聯想的細節，讓讀者感到沙漠的熱氣。
collocation: evocative details
Noor chose an evocative photograph for the exhibit about life by the border.
Noor 為介紹邊境生活的展覽挑了一張很能引人聯想的照片。
attributive: evocative + photograph
There was something evocative about the empty swing in the snowy garden.
雪中花園裡那座空鞦韆帶著一種引人聯想的氣息。
structure: there was something evocative about
- highly evocative
- deeply evocative
- evocative of childhood
- evocative image
- evocative photograph
- evocative writing
- reminiscent
more directly about similarity to a past person, place, or experience
- atmospheric
focuses on the mood a place, film, or piece of music creates
- suggestive
broader and more indirect; can also imply a sexual hint in some contexts
文法句型
evocative + noun
be evocative of + noun phrase
用法筆記
Often used for art, music, writing, smells, and places that create a strong mood or memory. When the memory or association is stated directly, evocative is commonly followed by of.
常見錯誤
同根字
- evoke動詞B2
- evocation名詞C1
- evocatively副詞C2