
vt.引起;促使;勸服;引誘
The medicine will induce sleep. 這種藥會引起睡意。
I can't think what induced her to marry him. 我想不出到底是什么原因促使她嫁給他。
Alcohol can induce a loosening of the tongue. 酒精可使人信口開河。
We couldn't induce the old lady to travel by air. 我們無法勸服那老太太乘飛機(jī)旅行。
I tried to induce him to see a doctor but I failed. 我試著說服他去看醫(yī)生,但失敗了。
Nothing in the world would induce me to do that. 什么也不能引誘我做那種事。
induce表示“勸誘成功”,如果勸誘了,但是沒有成功的時候,不可以用這個詞。 He has induced her to go.他已經(jīng)勸誘她去,而她真的去了。
v.(動詞)induce的基本意思是指以豐厚的報酬或高收益許諾某人,促其下決心去獲取這些好處,從而干某事。引申可作“導(dǎo)致”“招惹”解。
induce是及物動詞,接名詞或代詞作賓語。也可接以動詞不定式充當(dāng)補足語的復(fù)合賓語。
induce后接介詞in時表示“在…中引起,產(chǎn)生”。