中文翻译与英英解释

vt.
引出，探出(事实等)；诱出(回答等)。 elicit information by inquiring 打听出，问出。 elicit a laugh from somebody 逗人发笑。 elicit a reply 诱使别人回答。

derive by reason; "elicit a solution"

deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
同义词：educe, evoke, extract, draw out,

call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
同义词：arouse, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke,

例句与用法

It has elicited a great deal of public feeling .
现在是舆论鼎沸。

The inquiry elicited these facts .
调查结果发现下列这些事实。

It was designed to elicit the best thinking within the government .
该设置是为了在政府内部集思广益。

Yes, sir, indeed. it has elicited a great deal of public feeling .
不错，先生，真的，现在是舆论鼎沸。

He thought by this little trick to elicit butler's real name .
他想利用这个小小的花巧办法诱出巴特勒的真姓名来。

Food sources also elicit oriented locomotion and recognition behavior patterns in most insects .
食物源也引诱大多数昆虫定向迁移和识别行为。

Anxiety refers to the emotional state elicited by signals of impending punishment .
焦虑不安是指由于出现迫在眉睫的、惩罚的征兆而产生的情绪状况。

How great a change in price is necessary to elicit a certain response in the quantity supplied .
为了引起供给数量的一定反应，价格需要发生多大的变化。

An antigen is any substance capable of eliciting an immune response when injected into a host animal .
抗原是任何注射于宿主动物体内都能引起免疫应答的物质。

His appearance had at first elicited some laughing, though not ill-natured, remarks from the merry shirley .
他的容貌起初倒曾引得这位快活的谢利说出一些并非恶意的笑话来。