英语单词 | induce |
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英美音标 | [in'dju:s; in'du:s] |
中文释义 | vt.劝诱,促使,导致,引起,感应 |
vocab简明 | To induce is to move or lead someone to action. A promise of a lollipop can induce a toddler to do just about anything, even sit down and be polite to Aunt Edna. Older kids need something more substantial. |
vocab扩展 | Some people believe that if you offer someone a large enough sum of money, you could induce them to do almost anything. But a movie heroine might say to the villain, "Nothing could induce me to marry you. Not all the money in the world. Not if you were the last man on Earth!" Induce also means to stimulate the occurrence of something, such as medications used to induce vomiting, or to induce a pregnant woman to go into labor. |
真题原句 | Indeed, the mere presence of a grape in the other chamber (without an actual monkey to eat it) was enough to induce resentment in a female capuchin. |
柯林斯星级 | ★★☆☆☆ |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词]引起;导致 To induce a state or condition means to cause it. [V n] [V-ed]
2 [VERB 动词]引诱;劝说 If you induce someone to do something, you persuade or influence them to do it. [V n to-inf] [
3 [VERB 动词]用人工方法引(产) If a doctor or nurse induces labour or birth, they cause a pregnant woman to start giving birth by using drugs or other medical means. [V n] [MEDICAL 医]
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来源 | 2005.1 |
Tags: 单词::2005
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