The historian's carefully crafted questions were designed to elicit detailed recollections from the elderly witnesses about the town's past.
历史学家精心设计的问题旨在从年长目击者那里引出关于该镇过去的详细回忆。
Which choice best defines “elicit”?
D — To draw out (a response); evoke.. “elicit” means To draw out (a response); evoke..
Which word means “To draw out (a response); evoke.”?
B — elicit. “elicit” means To draw out (a response); evoke..
elicit — To draw out (a response); evoke.. In Chinese: 引出；诱出.
elicit is pronounced //ɪˈlɪsɪt//.
The historian's carefully crafted questions were designed to elicit detailed recollections from the elderly witnesses about the town's past. (历史学家精心设计的问题旨在从年长目击者那里引出关于该镇过去的详细回忆。)
evoke, extract, draw out — all close in meaning to elicit (To draw out (a response); evoke.).
suppress, repress — each the opposite of elicit (To draw out (a response); evoke.).
Yes. elicit is on the SAT Prep Difficult list — the higher-register words that decide the hard questions. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
e(出) + licit(引) → 套出、引出。