一、elicit 作动词,意为“引出;探出;诱出”,常用组合 elicit sth (from sb),例如: Have a chat with the boss at lunch and see what information you can elicit.午餐时和老板聊聊天,看看你能得到什么信息。 The questionnaire was intended to elicit information on eating habits.调查问卷的目的是获取有关饮食习惯的信息。 Fog always seems to elicit strong feelings of melancholy [ˈmelənkəli].雾似乎总是引起强烈的忧郁。 解析:seemtodosth意为“似乎或好像要做某事”,侧重指根据某种迹象作出的推断。
Her tears elicited great sympathy from her audience.她的眼泪博得观众的无限同情。 二、illicit 作形容词,意为“非法的;违法的”,它的同义词有 illegal,illegitimate,例如: The act seeks to prevent the illicit trafficking of narcotics [nɑːˈkɒtɪks] .该法旨在防止非法贩运麻醉品。 We have been told to expect a purge on illicit file-sharing web sites.我们被告知将对非法文件共享网站进行清理。 Dante clearly condemns illicit love.丹蒂旗帜鲜明地谴责不正当恋情。