elicit
/ɪˈlɪsɪt/verb
1elicited, eliciting
with obj. evoke or draw out (a response, answer, or fact) from someone in reaction to one's own actions or questions引出; 引起; 得出（反应, 回答, 事实）：taboos can elicit quite violent reactions if they are broken.
禁忌如果被打破可能会引起非常强烈的反应。
1.1
- archaic draw forth (something that is latent or potential) into existence〈古〉使（潜在的东西）显现, 诱出：
a corrupt heart elicits in an hour all that is bad in us.
一颗堕落的心在一个小时之内将我们恶的一面全部诱发出来。
派生词
elicitation
nounelicitor
noun词源
mid 17th cent.: from Latin elicit- 'drawn out by trickery or magic', from the verb elicere, from e- （variant of ex-） 'out' + lacere 'entice, deceive'.