[with obj.]evoke or draw out (a response, answer, or fact) from someone in reaction to one's own actions or questions 引出;探出(反应,回答,事实) taboos can elicit quite violent reactions if they are broken. 禁忌如果被打破可能会引起非常强烈的反应。 ■(archaic)draw forth (something that is latent or potential) into existence (古)使(潜在的东西)显现,引发,诱发 a corrupt heart elicits in an hour all that is bad in us. 一颗堕落的心在一个小时之内将我们恶的一面全部诱发出来。
派生 elicitation noun elicitor noun 语源
mid 17th cent.: from Latin elicit- 'drawn out by trickery or magic', from the verb elicere, from e- (variant of ex-) 'out' + lacere 'entice, deceive'