| 词组 | elicit, illicit |
| 释义 | elicit, illicit Warnings against confusion of the verb elicit, "to draw forth," and the adjective illicit, "unlawful," can be found in a few usage handbooks. It may seem that such confusion is unlikely in the real world because the words are of different parts of speech. But pronunciation tends to bring them together, and our files provide some evidence that confusion does exist: • The court majority said, and I quote: "We hold only that when the process... focuses on the accused and its purpose is to illicit a confession " —Police, September-October 1967 A good desk dictionary will sort the matter out for you, should you be confused for a moment. |
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