(动词)引出;诱出(信息、反应、回答等),通常通过提问、暗示或某种刺激来“引发”对方表达。
/ɪˈlɪsɪt/
The teacher tried to elicit answers from the students.
老师试图引导学生说出答案。
The interview was designed to elicit detailed information about how the decision was made, but he remained cautious in his responses.
这次采访旨在引出关于该决定如何作出的详细信息,但他的回答仍然很谨慎。
来自拉丁语 elicere,由 *e-*(“向外”)+ licere / lacere(“引出、诱出”之意的词根)构成,核心含义是“把东西引出来”,后来多用于“引出信息或反应”。