援引, 诉诸, 求助于

cite or appeal to (someone or something) as an authority for an action or in support of an argument

示例:

• He invoked the Fifth Amendment, refusing to answer questions. 他援引了第五修正案，拒绝回答问题。 • The lawyer invoked a previous case to support his argument. 律师援引了一个先前的案例来支持他的论点。 同义词:

appeal to call on resort to refer to cite