Definition
诱导 means to guide, lead, or induce someone into a certain action or state — often through indirect influence or suggestion. It can be positive (e.g., guiding a discussion, inductive teaching) or negative (e.g., inducing someone to commit a crime). In linguistics, it also means 'elicitation' (prompting language data from a speaker). Unlike 引导 (which implies constructive guidance), 诱导 carries a nuance of causation or manipulation.
v.
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。Yīshēng yòng yàowù yòu dǎo bìngrén shuìjiào.The doctor induced sleep in the patient with medication.
- 诱导。Lǎoshī tōngguò tíwèn yòu dǎo xuéshēng sīkǎo.The teacher guided the students to think by asking questions.
- 诱导。Nà wèi yǔyánxuéjiā yòng duìhuà yòu dǎo fāngyán zīliào.That linguist elicited dialect data through conversation.
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