| 词汇 | tempt |
| 释义 | tempt verb[ T ] uk /tempt/ us /tempt/ to make someone want to have or do something, especially something that is unnecessary or wrong: 引诱，诱惑 tempt someone into doing somethingThe offer of free credit tempted her into buying a new car.可享受免费贷款让她禁不住诱惑买了一辆新车。 [ + to infinitive ]They tempted him to join the company by offering him a huge salary and a company car.他们许诺给他优厚的薪水和一辆公司汽车，以吸引他加入该公司。 to draw your attention and interest you attractWe were attracted to the high street, with its variety of shops and cafés. drawThe game drew a crowd of 30,000. enticeThe smell of coffee enticed people to enter the shop. lureI was lured into the store by the smell of fresh bread. temptI was tempted by the offer of a free phone. seduceI wouldn't normally have bought this but I was seduced by the low price. be tempted B2 to want something or to want to do something: 想要（某物）;想做（某事） "Did you apply for that job?" "Well, I was very tempted, but I decided not to."“你申请那个工作了吗？”“唔，我是很想申请，但最后还是决定放弃了。” Perhaps some caviar can tempt your jaded palate.也许来些鱼子酱能让没有食欲的你胃口大开。 I was really tempted to take the money. They put out food to tempt the foxes into the traps. Chocolate cake? - Don't tempt me! I was tempted into ordering a whole new wardrobe. Attracting and tempting affinity allure alluringly arrest attract charisma charm offensive charm the pants off someoneidiom chum clickbait glamour honey trap incentive jump out at someone lure tantalizing tantalizingly temptation temptingly tickle someone's fancyidiom Idiomtempt fate/providence tempt | American Dictionarytempt verb[ T ] us/tempt/ to encourage someone to want to have or do something, esp. something wrong: I’m trying to diet – don’t tempt me with that cake! temptingadjective[ not gradable ]us/ˈtemp·tɪŋ/ Any free offer is always tempting. Idiomtempt fate Examples of tempttempt Although one may be tempted to follow the colonial accounts and see these as generalized, unvaried forms of action, more historical specificity may be hypothesized. On these grounds alone, therefore, one should be tempted to conclude in favour of autonomous models. Once again, it is tempting to interpret the outcome as a by-product of the historical heritage. In considering the latter, it used to be tempting to use psychological or sociological models, but they now appear rather crude and elitist. One is tempted to say that this is a consumerist vision of the church. With few exceptions, the only incumbents who were tempted to defect from the party in power were those who supported political reform. At no point will he be tempted to form the belief that a person is present. I am tempted to say, however, that it still remains to be seen. Drawing on some of our interview material one is tempted to link such complaints to our respondents' experience of social and cultural discontinuity. Although it is tempting to identify these men as holding calpolli or altepetl leadership positions, that cannot be suppor ted without additional data. Furthermore, the chapter is written in a style that is too abstract (from ' first principles ', one is tempted to say). Only ' 'unbelievers' ' (kafiruna) may be - tempted to assign a period of time to it. Thus, it is tempting to conceptualize activation in the model to be direction-specific. The analogy is undeniably striking, and one is tempted to conjecture similar results for higher-dimensional diagrams. One is tempted to answer: "a theory of mind"; but obviously this is not their answer. See all examples of tempt These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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