诱导 (yòu dǎo) — to guide or lead (someone toward an action, belief, or state, often through suggestion); to induce, to prompt (a reaction, behavior, or response); (linguistics) elicitation (eliciting language data)
Definition
Means guiding or leading someone toward an action, belief, or response — often subtly, through suggestion rather than force. The linguistics sense ('elicitation') is a specialized use for gathering language data.
verb
to guide or lead (someone toward an action, belief, or state, often through suggestion)to induceto prompt (a reaction, behavior, or response)(linguistics) elicitation (eliciting language data)
Examples
- 诱导。Yī shēng yòng yào wù yòu dǎo bìng rén shuì jiào.The doctor induced sleep in the patient with medication.
- 诱导。Lǎo shī tōng guò tí wèn yòu dǎo xué shēng sī kǎo.The teacher guided the students to think by asking questions.
- 诱导。Nà wèi yǔ yán xué jiā yòng duì huà yòu dǎo fāng yán zī liào.That linguist elicited dialect data through conversation.
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