tempt

美音:[tempt] 英音:[tempt]

简单释义:


v.诱惑;引诱;怂恿;劝诱

网络吸引;试探;尝试

变形:

过去分词:tempted  现在分词:tempting  第三人称单数:tempts  


完整释义:


v.

1.诱惑;引诱;吸引
2.诱惑,教唆;引起(食欲等);引诱;怂恿
3.劝使;诱使:
4.〔古语〕试探,尝试,试验;〔古语〕蔑视;激怒
5.挑逗;打动,(使)动心;吸引住
6.诱导;使发生兴趣
7.引起,触发,招引
8.劝诱(某人)去做坏事或蠢事:
9.冒…的风险
10.(旧用法,圣经用法)考验:


例句:

  1. As much as you attempt to let your common sense reign supreme, your optimism can sorely tempt you to mislead others.
    你越是企图让你的平常感觉占统治地位,你的乐观主义就越是怂恿你去误导他人。

  2. It's easy enough to tempt Jack from his work with a good television film or something else that he enjoys.
    一部好的电视剧或其他杰克喜欢的东西就能轻易地引诱他,使他离开工作。

  3. Prosecutors, wary of revealing sensitive material in court, tried to tempt him with a generous plea deal, but he held out until last week.
    检察官在法庭上展示敏感材料时谨慎小心,试图想以宽宏大量的辩护作为筹码,让他认罪。但也就是在上周他才肯就范。

  4. You might think Project Jedi was the product of Hollywood scriptwriters eager to tempt audiences with a delightfully crazy plot.
    你可能以为“绝地计划”是好莱坞电影编剧们渴望用取悦人的荒诞故事情节来吸引观众的剧作。

  5. If I thought it would not tempt her to go out in sharp winds, and grow coarse, I would send her a new hat and pelisse.
    我本想送给她一顶新遮阳帽和一件皮制新外衣,可是又怕她冒着刺骨的寒风往外跑,把皮肤吹粗糙了。

  6. You'll become confused if you let someone tempt you into doing things that you aren't ready to do.
    如果放纵某个人让你做还没有准备好的事情你会很困惑。

  7. A rival company is trying to tempt her away from her present job with an offer of more money.
    一家竞争公司正试图以更高的薪水诱使她离职。

  8. marketers use their sexiest messages and most popular male models to tempt or intimidate the readership of Men's Health.
    商家用他们最为性感的信息和最为流行的男性模特来诱导或胁迫《男性健康》的读者群。

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