incantation

英 [ˌɪnkænˈteɪʃn]

美 [ˌɪnkænˈteɪʃn]

n.  符咒; 咒语; 念咒语

复数：incantations　

GRETEM8

BNC.22721 / COCA.20216

牛津词典

noun

• 符咒；咒语；念咒语
  special words that are spoken or sung to have a magic effect; the act of speaking or singing these words

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 咒语;符咒
  Anincantationis a series of words that a person says or sings as a magic spell.
  1. ...strange prayers and incantations.
     奇怪的祈祷与咒语

英英释义

noun

• a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect
  Synonym:conjuration

双语例句

• Calm down, this is not the incantation to success, nor secret code to success.
  冷静下来，这并不是成功的咒语，也不是通向成功的秘诀。
• What awful incantation have you read among the stars in the sky, that with a sealed secret message the night entered your heart, silent and strange?
  你从天上的星星中，念到什么可怕的咒语，就是黑夜沉默而异样地走进你心中时带来的那个密封的秘密的消息？
• To expel ( an evil spirit) by or as if by incantation, command, or prayer. any imaginary place where spiritual beings ( demons or fairies or angels or the like) abide.
  驱赶用念咒、命令或祈祷的方法驱走（恶魔），或采用类似的方法精神生命（魔鬼，精灵，天使之类的）居住的神奇的地方。
• You see, the incantation alone is not enough.
  你们要明白，光靠咒语是不够的。
• A magic spell or incantation.
  有魔力的话语或咒文。
• The small fox recites the formula because incantation in the brain, the bring an end to* the body red diaphragm reflected aureate lightning flash to burn the whole sky.
  小狐默念脑海中的口诀，周身的红色光圈映着金色的闪电燃烧了整个天空。
• ( The Pittsburgh gathering also made the ritual vow to complete the so-called Doha round of trade talks, but that incantation now carries the same sincerity as saying Have a nice day.) Yet a counsel of despair would be, at the very least, premature.
  （匹兹堡峰会也例行公事地承诺要完成多哈回合（DohaRound）贸易谈判，但现在发这种誓就和说祝拥有美好的一天一样缺乏诚意。）不过，现在就提供绝望忠告至少是为时过早。
• So completely absorbed was she in watching the cloud to which her strange song or incantation seemed addressed, that she did not observe me when I rose and went towards her.
  她是那么全神贯注地望着彩云，她那奇妙的歌声，或可说是喃喃自语，似乎是对着那彩云而发的。因而她没有注意到我站起身来朝她走去。
• This incantation obscures the fact that some MBA courses, including almost all those in the US, take two years, while most in Europe take one.
  这个口头禅模糊了一个事实：包括几乎所有美国MBA课程在内，很多MBA课程都是两年制，而大多数欧洲的MBA课程都是一年制。
• The primitive wizard sacrificial rites offered the objective environment for the appearance of Ci Fu and the wizard incantation marked the beginning of Ci Fu.
  原始巫祭仪式活动造就了辞赋产生的客观环境，巫祭咒语成为辞赋的萌芽。