tempts

英 [tempts]

美 [tempts]

v.  引诱; 诱惑; 劝诱; 鼓动; 怂恿; 利诱
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柯林斯词典

• VERB 引诱;诱惑;吸引
  Something thattemptsyou attracts you and makes you want it, even though it may be wrong or harmful.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. Can I tempt you with a little puff pastry?...
     我能给你尝点泡芙点心吗？
  4. The fact that she had become wealthy did not tempt her to alter her frugal way of life.
     她有钱了，可这丝毫没能让她改变节俭的生活习惯。
• VERB 怂恿;利诱;诱惑
  If youtemptsomeone, you offer them something they want in order to encourage them to do what you want them to do.
  1. ...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
  2. 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。
  3. 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。
  4. She will be offering a package worth about 40 million dollars, to tempt the rebels into agreeing to disarm.
     她将提出价值 4, 000 万美元的一揽子条件，以诱使反叛分子答应解除武装。
• See also:tempted
• PHRASE 说晦气话，玩过火，冒险（使好运结束）
  If someone says that something they say or dois tempting fateoris tempting providence, they mean they are worried that it may cause the good luck they have had so far to end.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• And naturally, he tempts, above all, the religious leaders, so you shouldn't be surprised if the devil tempts those in the Vatican.
  自然宗教领袖也不例外，如果说梵蒂冈也有人被魔鬼诱惑，这没什么奇怪。
• When an initial public offering earns a hot return that tempts you to buy the next one, ask what the average performance of IPOs is ( much lower than the average stock).
  如果有一个首次公开募股（IPO）交易收益丰厚，吸引你再购买一只新股，想想IPO的平均表现（通常比普通股票差得多）。
• Satan tempts Jesus for40 days in the wilderness.
  撒旦40天在旷野试探耶稣。
• The flower that smiles to-day To-morrow dies; All that we wish to stay Tempts and then flies.
  今天还微笑的花朵明天就会枯萎；我们愿留贮的一切诱一诱人就飞。
• The opposition has failed to capitalise on such problems. One reason is that much of the electorate remains distrustful following early at ­ tempts to unseat the president including a botched coup in 2002 and a national strike that paralysed the economy.
  反对派未能利用这些问题，原因之一在于他们此前那些旨在推翻查韦斯的努力，让相当一部分选民仍对其心存怀疑。这些努力包括2002年的拙劣政变，以及一次导致经济瘫痪的全国大罢工。
• This is the tidbit which tempts his insectivorous fate.
  就是这一点东西引诱它残杀昆虫。
• Using sheets of colored glass freely standing in front of a light source he tempts the user into creating his own synthesis by mixing variations in shades of color.
  利用彩色玻璃板自由地在一个光源前站在他诱惑的变化，创造了自己的混合合成的用户在颜色深浅。
• Nestl é sells single servings of instant coffee and stock cubes; Unilever tempts with sachets of deodorant and shampoo; several manufacturers sell nappies in packs of three.
  雀巢出售单份装的速溶咖啡和汤块；联合利华则以小袋装的体香剂和洗发水来吸引消费者；还有些制造商在出售3片装的纸尿裤。
• Indeed, the one potential drawback of such a sweet deal is that it tempts in rival bidders.
  当然，这样一桩划算买卖的一个潜在缺陷是，它可能会引来竞购买家。
• The spontaneity, informality and solitariness of e-mail make it more beguiling than lethal: E-mail tempts us to be ourselves.
  电邮的自发性、随意性和孤独性，使其更具消遣意味，而非致命的威胁感：电邮促使我们表现真实的自己。