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

• 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。
• Even after a filling meal, they can tempts us to eat more, but this extra food is not necessary for our well-being nor our waistline.
  即使是在吃饱了之后，人类还是倾向于吃更多的食物，而这些额外的食物并不是维持健康和体重所需的必备食物。
• Mainland tempts makers to set up shop and offers vital market
  中国大陆吸引台湾芯片制造商在大陆建厂并提供重要市场
• It is the persistence of isolation that tempts some mental health patients to take their lives by committing suicide.
  就是这种孤立感持续存在，导致一些精神疾病患者自杀。
• 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。
• 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。
• Good wine is irresistible to many people and tempts them to indulge.
  美酒佳酿让多少人沉醉其中，不能自拔。
• It tempts the eye to dream.
  这种景象会使眼睛产生幻觉。
• Yet," hope "tempts everyone and pesters them, which at last leaves only a fraud.
  而“希望”又在诱惑着人们，见谁缠谁。最终留下的只是一场骗局。
• 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。