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tempt

tempt
[英] [tempt] [美] [tɛmpt] 生词本

vt.

vi.

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1. VERB 引诱;诱惑;吸引 Something that tempts you attracts you and makes you want it, even though it may be wrong or harmful. 

  • Reducing the income will further impoverish these families and could tempt an offender into further crime...

    降低收入只会使这些家庭更加贫穷，而且可能诱使不法分子进一步犯罪。

  • It is the fresh fruit that tempts me at this time of year...

    一年当中这个时节，新鲜水果最能吸引我了。

  • Can I tempt you with a little puff pastry?...

    我能给你尝点泡芙点心吗？

2. VERB 怂恿;利诱;诱惑 If you tempt someone, you offer them something they want in order to encourage them to do what you want them to do. 

  • ...a million dollar marketing campaign to tempt American tourists back to Britain...

    耗资百万美元试图把美国游客重新吸引到英国来的营销活动

  • Having spent so long at a great club like Rangers, no other Scottish team could tempt him away...

    在流浪者队这样优秀的俱乐部呆了这么久之后，其他苏格兰球队都吸引不了他了。

  • Don't let credit tempt you to buy something you can't afford...

    不要因为可以赊购，就买超过自己支付能力的东西。

3. See also: tempted;  
4. PHRASE 说晦气话，玩过火，冒险（使好运结束） If someone says that something they say or do is tempting fate or is tempting providence, they mean they are worried that it may cause the good luck they have had so far to end. 

  • As soon as you start to talk about never having played on a losing side, it is tempting fate.

    你刚说从来没输过，晦气就来了。

Verb

1. dispose or incline or entice to;

  • "We were tempted by the delicious-looking food"

2. provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion;

  • "He lured me into temptation"

3. give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting;

  • "the window displays tempted the shoppers"

4. induce into action by using one's charm;

  • "She charmed him into giving her all his money"

5. try to seduce

6. try presumptuously;

  • "St. Anthony was tempted in the desert"

体育

  • 1.引诱
  • 2.挑引
1. Can't I tempt you to have another helping?
再吃一点好吗？

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2. The woman used all her wiles to tempt him into following her.
那女人用尽了自己的诱骗本领勾引着他尾随而去。

来自《用法词典》