中英互译
tempt
英 /tempt/美 /tempt/
基本释义
- v.引诱，诱惑；怂恿，利诱；冒……的风险
第三人称单数tempts
现在分词tempting
过去式tempted
过去分词tempted
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词语例句
引诱，诱惑vt.
四级I was tempted to take the day off.
我动了心，想那一天休假。
If your hands are tied behind your back, you will not be tempted to make use of them.
如果你的手被绑在背后，你就不会想要利用它们。
怂恿，利诱vt.
四级How can we tempt young people into engineering?
我们怎么才能吸引年轻人学习工程学呢？
During the recession companies set prices low, hoping that once they had tempted customers through the door they would be persuaded to order more expensive items.
在经济衰退期间，公司把价格定得很低，希望一旦他们吸引顾客进门，就能说服顾客订购更贵的商品。
- Cars like that may tempt drivers to speed.那样的汽车可能会引诱司机超速行驶。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- Vivien refuses to put down bait to tempt wildlife to the waterhole.维维恩拒绝放饵到水坑引诱野生动物。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- Nothing could tempt her to evil.什么也不能引诱她做坏事。
相关短语
- be tempted to do sth.（使）很想做……
- tempt sb. into doing sth.怂恿某人做某事
- Tempt ltem测试项目
- tempt fate冒险；蔑视命运；碰运气；会招致不幸的
- tempt fortune冒险；玩命
- tempt t诱惑；劝诱
- tempt me诱惑我
词语扩展
adv.
temptingly诱惑人地；迷人地
n.
词义分布
诱惑
46.7%
引诱
42.2%
勾引
6.7%
引起
2.2%
诱
2.2%
英英释义
- v.dispose or incline or entice to
- v.provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion
- v.give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting
- v.induce into action by using one's charm
- v.try to seduce
- v.try presumptuously
- v.to make someone want something, even though it may be wrong or harmful
引诱；诱惑- Credit cards can tempt people to buy things they can't afford.信用卡会让人购买超过自己支付能力的东西。
- I was tempted to lie, but in the end I told the truth.我忍不住想撒谎，但最后我还是说了实话。
词源
- tempt引诱，诱惑；吸引，使感兴趣来源于拉丁语temptare(测,试)。
- tempt引诱，诱惑来自拉丁语 temptare,尝试，试探，改写自 tentare,接触，尝试，试探，来自 PIE*ten,展开，词 源同 tentative,tentacle.引申词义引诱，诱惑。