请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 educe
释义 educe
\ēˈd(y)üs, iˈ-\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Latin educere to lead forth, draw out, from e- + ducere to lead — more at tow
1. : to bring into manifestation (as a form, quality, or law conceived to be present in a latent, potential, or undeveloped state) : elicit, evolve
 < they want to educe and cultivate what is best and noblest in themselves — Matthew Arnold >
 < educing power from confusion — H.O.Taylor >
sometimes : evoke
 < from the reader, he can only educe pity, not respect or interest — V.A.Young >
2. : to arrive at (as from reasoning)
 < 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:
 educe, evoke, elicit, extract, and extort agree in meaning to draw out what is hidden, latent, or reserved. educe usually implies the bringing out of something potential or latent, often by inference but usually by means of development
  < 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 >
随便看

 

英语词典包含332784条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/1/27 21:45:50