单词 | educe |
释义 | educe 1. < they want to educe and cultivate what is best and noblest in themselves — Matthew Arnold > < educing power from confusion — H.O.Taylor > sometimes < from the reader, he can only educe pity, not respect or interest — V.A.Young > 2. < seem to be able to educe from common sense a more or less clear reply to the questions raised — Henry Sidgwick > < educe the conclusion — O.W.Holmes †1935 > Synonyms: < polls rarely educe future attitudes — E.L.Bernays > < constantly straining on to educe further salutary meaning from the text — H.O.Taylor > < aimed to educe the innate capabilities of the student — Reyner Banham > evoke now implies some strong agency that can produce a particular effect, usually immediately, or that serves as a stimulus in arousing (as an emotion, a passion, or an interest) < choose the right words to evoke the right mood > < there was melody in it, such as a woodpecker knows how to evoke from a smooth dry branch — John Burroughs > < words evoking concrete imagery — Alice Bensen > < there is much in this volume to evoke a smile — New York Herald Tribune Book Review > < evoke the hope that you were going to see more — O.W.Holmes †1935 > elicit, often interchangeable with evoke, usu., however implies care, trouble, or skill in drawing something forth or out, often against resistance < which elicited alternate jeers and applause from the shilling audience below — G.B.Shaw > < no subject elicits a more animated response than some question about a woman's work — A.R.Williams > < to make a study of blank verse alone would be to elicit some curious conclusions — T.S.Eliot > < the inductive method of eliciting general laws — A.N.Whitehead > < elicit information by cross-examination > extract, in this context, implies an action, force, or effort resembling the physical use of pressure to suction < we journeyed on, fed by food extracted from the peasants — Bertrand Russell > < eke out her personal adornment by gifts which she managed to extract from her admirers — Mary Austin > < in spite of incessant questioning, all he had been able to extract from this young girl was the story that the admiral had offered to lend her his house — Edith Sitwell > extort implies a wringing or wresting, especially from someone reluctant or resisting < extort money by blackmail > < his perfect command of all his faculties extorted praise from those who neither loved nor esteemed him — T.B.Macaulay > < whose income is ample enough to extort obsequiousness from the vulgar of all ranks — Arnold Bennett > |
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