| 单词 | induce |
| 释义 | induce —inducible, adj. /in doohs", -dyoohs"/, v.t., induced, inducing. 1. to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket. 2. to bring about, produce, or cause: That medicine will induce sleep. 3. Physics. to produce (an electric current) by induction. 4. Logic. to assert or establish (a proposition about a class of phenomena) on the basis of observations on a number of particular facts. 5. Genetics. to increase expression of (a gene) by inactivating a negative control system or activating a positive control system; derepress. 6. Biochem. to stimulate the synthesis of (a protein, esp. an enzyme) by increasing gene transcription. [1325-75; ME < L inducere to lead or bring in, introduce, equiv. to in- IN-2 + ducere to lead; cf. ADDUCE, DEDUCE, REDUCE] Syn. 1. actuate, prompt, incite, urge, spur. See persuade. Ant. 1. dissuade. |
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