tempt

英 [tempt] 美 [tempt]

• vt. 诱惑；怂恿；引诱；吸引

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 吸引

   arouse a desire in sb; attract sb

2. vt. 劝诱

   try to persuade (sb) to do sth wrong or foolish

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 怂恿，教唆，鼓动，引诱，诱惑，劝诱，利诱，诱导 （某人干不正当的事）
2. 冒...的风险，不顾
3. 试探，尝试，试验
4. 吸引（住），打动，使很想要，使发生兴趣
5. 蔑视
6. 激怒
7. 挑逗，勾引
8. 动心
9. 引起
10. 考验
11. 触犯

英英释义

Verb:

1. dispose or incline or entice to;

   "We were tempted by the delicious-looking food"
   

2. provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion;

   "He lured me into temptation"
   

3. give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting;

   "the window displays tempted the shoppers"
   

4. induce into action by using one's charm;

   "She charmed him into giving her all his money"
   

5. try to seduce

6. try presumptuously;

   "St. Anthony was tempted in the desert"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. The warm weather tempted us into going for a swim.
   暖和的天气诱使我们去游泳。
2. I ought not to have let you tempt me into asking you a rude question.
   我本来就不应该让你怂恿我跟你提出一个无礼的问题。
3. Those advertisements try to tempt people into buying their products.
   那些广告试图怂恿大家去购买其产品。
4. He was tempted into making a false step.
   他被引诱做了一件傻事。
5. He was tempted into a life of crime by greed and laziness.
   他受贪婪和懒惰的驱使步入了罪恶的一生。
6. 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?
7. Nothing would tempt me to live here.
   什么也吸引不了我到这里居住。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. Your offer doesn't tempt me at all.
   你的建议一点也打动不了我的心。
2. The football club tried to tempt the player with offers of money.
   该足球俱乐部试图用金钱收买这个球员。

用作宾补动词

S+～+ n./pron. +to- v

1. Hunger tempted him to steal.
   饥饿诱使他偷窃。
2. The Serpent tempted Eve to pick the forbidden fruit.
   撒旦诱使夏娃采摘禁果。
3. Nothing could tempt my husband to change his mind.
   什么也不能诱使我丈夫改变主意。
4. The doctor tempted the patient to eat more.
   医生劝病人多进食。
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5. I am tempted to take the day off.
   我打算休一天假。
6. I am tempted to ask where you got the money from.
   我很想问问你从哪里搞来这些钱的。
7. I was tempted to call you last night, but I thought you'd probably be asleep.
   昨晚我很想给你打电话,但又想你可能已经睡了。

经典引文

• God did tempt Abraham.

  出自：Bible (AV): Genesis

• Nor tempt the wrath of Heav'ns avenging Sire.

  出自： Pope

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

tempt from (v.+prep.)

吸引(到); 引诱(到) persuade or attract sb away from sth by offering some kind of reward
tempt sb from sth
It's easy enough to tempt me from my work with a good television film or something else that I enjoy.

我很容易被好的电视片或我感兴趣的其他事物所吸引而放下手头的工作。
They are trying to tempt her from her present job with an offer of more money.

他们正力争用更多的钱来诱使她离开工作岗位。

tempt into (v.+prep.)

吸引; 引诱 persuade or attract sb into sth by offering some kind of reward
tempt sb into sth/v-ing
His ambition tempted him into politics.

他的雄心诱使他投入政界。
They tried to tempt her into staying with offers of promotion.

他们提出给她晋级来劝说她留下。
The warm weather tempted us into going for a swim.

暖和的天气诱使我们去游泳。
He was tempted into a life of crime by greed and laziness.

他受贪婪和懒惰的驱使步入了罪恶的一生。
He was tempted into making a false step.

他被人引诱做了一件蠢事。
The boy claimed that he had been tempted into stealing the jewels with a promise of a good share of the profit.

那孩子声称他是被引诱去偷珠宝的,他得到了事后能分到一大笔钱的许诺。

tempt to (v.+prep.)

劝说某人吃 persuade sb to eat sth
tempt sb to sth
Can I tempt you to another piece of cake?

我能请你再吃一块蛋糕吗?

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+副词

• tempt fiendishly〔greatly〕 非常引诱
• tempt insidiously 阴险地引诱
• tempt lewdly 淫荡地引诱
• tempt strongly 强烈地诱惑
• tempt unduly 过分诱人
• tempt unwittingly 不经意地引诱
• tempt viciously 居心不良地引诱
• tempt away 诱走,拐走
• tempt away a boy 诱走男孩
• tempt off 引导…离开
• tempt out 引出

～+介词

• tempt sb from one's duty 诱人玩忽职守
• tempt into 诱使…
• tempt one's friend into business 诱使朋友经商
• tempt sb into staying 劝诱某人留下
• tempt sb off the straight path 把某人引入歧途
• tempt sb to such a course of action 诱使某人那样做

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. tempt的基本意思是“劝说或鼓动某人去做某事”,常指以某种诱惑使人不顾理智而行事以致犯罪,即“引诱”“怂恿”。也可不加褒贬地指“吸引”。
2. tempt是及物动词,接名词、代词作宾语。还可接动词不定式充当补足语的复合宾语。
3. tempt的过去分词tempted可用作形容词,在句中作表语,意为“很想”。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

tempt, allure, attract, charm, fascinate

• 参见allure条。

tempt, allure, decoy, entice, inveigle, lure, seduce

• 这组词的共同含义是“引诱”。其区别是：
• lure指有强烈的吸引力,但不一定是有害的诱惑或诱导;entice指机灵或巧妙地怂恿;inveigle指用欺骗或奉承的手段哄骗某人上当;decoy指用巧计或假象引诱;tempt指用有诱惑力的事物引诱某人违背理智或道德去干坏事,也指某人对某事从勉强转为感兴趣;seduce指引诱人堕落或使人变坏,也可指使人入迷;allure指通过取悦感官、迎合感情或给予利益以引诱。

attract，charm，enchant，fascinate，tempt

• 这些动词均含有“吸引，引诱”之意。
• attract普通用词，指客观上吸引人的注意力。
• charm侧重迷住某人或使之高兴。
• enchant着重指有能力引起被迷住者的欢乐或赞美。
• fascinate通常含使人无法拒绝、无法摆脱的意味。
• tempt指吸引力很强，强调欲望被唤醒。

近反义词

【近义词】

• lure 诱惑
• attract 吸引
• entice 诱使
• invite 邀请
• seduce 引诱
• appeal 恳求；呼吁
• tantalize （以可望而不可即之物）逗...
• allure 诱惑
• interest 兴趣
• excite 使兴奋
• titillate 使…觉得痒
• arouse 叫醒
• draw 拖
• move 移动
• charm 魅力
• dispose 清除
• bait 饵
• entrap 诱捕
• rope 绳索
• pervert 误用
• fascinate 使 ... 入迷
• enchant 施魔法
• influence 影响

派生词

v.(动词)

• tempting adj. 吸引人的,诱人的‖temptingly adv. 吸引人地,诱人地