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Induce Verb 动词   [V Means Pregnant Woman N

英语单词 induce
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.
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柯林斯解释
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[VERB 动词]引起;导致 To induce a state or condition means to cause it.
  [V n]
  [V-ed]
  • Doctors said surgery could induce a heart attack.

    医生们说手术有可能引起心脏病发作。

  • ...an economic crisis induced by high oil prices.

    由高油价引发的经济危机

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[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]
  [be V-ed to-inf]
  • I would do anything to induce them to stay...

    我会想尽一切办法劝他们留下来。

  • More than 4,000 teachers were induced to take early retirement.

    4000 多名教师被说服提前退休。

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[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]
  • He might decide that it is best to induce labour.

    他也许决定最好引产。

induction
  • ...if there are obvious medical reasons for induction.

    如果有明显的医学原因需要进行引产

来源 2005.1

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