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elicit

/ih-lis-it/US // ɪˈlɪs ɪt //UK // (ɪˈlɪsɪt) //

引出,引发,引起,激发

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke: to elicit the truth; to elicit a response with a question.

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Examples

  • The broad digital transformation taking place in R&D is allowing researchers to automate time-consuming manual processes and opening new research horizons in thorny problems that have failed to elicit breakthroughs.

  • That’s concerning, but vaccinations may elicit a broader, more powerful immunity than a passing infection, so it’s impossible to say they won’t still work.

  • So it’s really engineered to elicit a protective immune response.

  • The direct listing came to the fore in 2018, when Spotify sought to tackle the first-day stock price pop that often comes with an IPO and elicits criticism that money is left on the table for the companies themselves.

  • The demos are typically impressive, but somewhat clinical and usually elicit an endless stream of Terminator references in just about every blog post and internet comment surrounding them.

  • With all due respect to his athletic skill, Gronkowski is not high on the list of NFL players that elicit carnal thoughts.

  • When a reporter asked him a question, it would often elicit a series of Jesuitical responses.

  • One agent in particular developed a rapport with Zubaydah and managed to elicit an all-important bit of intelligence.

  • The Golden Globes TV nominations reliably elicit a WTF reaction.

  • In the end, it was found that students working under Protess had used false pretenses in trying to elicit witness statements.

  • There will be an amicable settlement; and my word will be a knot in the chain of satisfactory evidence they will elicit.

  • Eleanor looked at Jane very sharply, but the sewing-girl's face was averted, so that questioning looks could elicit no answers.

  • Some of his walls are still pointed out, and the large stones he lifted elicit surprise.

  • This was said to elicit if there might be some variance in the statement of Lady Eleanor and her servant.

  • But, starting from that point, an exploration of hours failed to elicit the slightest trace.