英语单词 | induce |
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英美音标 | 英 [ɪn'djuːs] 美 [ɪn'duːs] |
中文释义 | vt.引起;促使;劝服;引诱 |
英语例句 | (1) They hoped their work would induce social changes. (2) I can't think what induced her to marry him. (3) Alcohol can induce a loosening of the tongue. (4) We couldn't induce the old lady to travel by air. (5) I tried to induce him to see a doctor but I failed. (6) Nothing in the world would induce me to do that. |
中文例句 | (1) 他们希望自己的工作可以引起社会上的某些变化。 (2) 我想不出到底是什么原因促使她嫁给他。 (3) 酒精可使人信口开河。 (4) 我们无法劝服那老太太乘飞机旅行。 (5) 我试着说服他去看医生,但失败了。 (6) 什么也不能引诱我做那种事。 |
vocabulary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. |
vocabulary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. |
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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