elicit
- IPA[əˈlisət]
美式
- evoke or draw out (a response, answer, or fact) from someone in reaction to one's own actions or questions;draw forth (something that is latent or potential) into existence
verb: elicit, 3rd person present: elicits, gerund or present participle: eliciting, past tense: elicited, past participle: elicited
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. evoke or draw out (a response, answer, or fact) from someone in reaction to one's own actions or questions they invariably elicit exclamations of approval from guests
- ▪ draw forth (something that is latent or potential) into existence a corrupt heart elicits in an hour all that is bad in us
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- IPA[ɪˈlɪsɪt]
英式
- evoke or draw out (a reaction, answer, or fact) from someone: I tried to elicit a smile from Joanna the work elicited enormous public interest
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