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 layghosts, 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 powerfulconservativeforce in the village, a symbol of the old ways.• I conjured her up once more.