英 [tempt] 美 [tempt]
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
tempt /tɛmpt/ CET6 TEM4 [ tempting tempted tempts ]
及物动词 Something that tempts you attracts you and makes you want it, even though it may be wrong or harmful. 引诱; 吸引
Cars like that may tempt drivers to speed.
那样的汽车可能会引诱司机超速行驶。
It is the fresh fruit that tempts me at this time of year.
只有新鲜的水果才会在每年的这个时候吸引我。
及物动词 If you tempt someone, you offer them something they want in order to encourage them to do what you want them to do. 诱使
...a million dollar marketing campaign to tempt American tourists back to Britain.
…旨在诱使美国游客回到英国的、耗资一百万美元的营销活动。
Don't let credit tempt you to buy something you can't afford.
不要让赊购诱使你去购买你支付不起的东西。
→see alsotempted
give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting
the window displays tempted the shoppers
同义词： invite
try to seduce
try presumptuously
St. Anthony was tempted in the desert
引诱
再怎么嫌恶(ConTempt)彼此，也肯定诱惑(Tempt)对方。再亲密(CLose)总失去(Lose)，也许无能言爱(Loveless)，但肯定曾经相爱(Love)。
... fight back 从不利的位置反击,反击,抵抗 tempt 劝诱 carmine 洋红色,深红色 ...
... tactful adj. 机敏的；得体的 tempt vt. 诱使 the other night 前两天夜里，不久前的某个夜里 ...
... 临时工 temporary worker 吊胃口 tempt (someone with something); stimulate someone's desire 男高音演唱家 tenorist ...
temptingly 诱惑人地；迷人地
tempting 引诱（tempt的ing形式）
Cars like that may tempt drivers to speed.
那样的汽车可能会引诱司机超速行驶。
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。
Nothing could tempt her to evil.
什么也不能引诱她做坏事。
CSPI Executive Director Michael Jacobson says it's wrong to tempt kids with toys.
VOA : standard.2010.06.24
So that might tempt you into saying the mind on the physicalist view is just a brain.
这可能会让你觉得心灵,在物理主义那里就是大脑
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The series is the latest attempt by Netflix to tempt viewers away from traditional TV channels.
It also helped that her husband, who usually did the cooking, wasn't there to tempt her.
Brown is adamant the lure of first-team football could tempt the England striker to East Yorkshire.