tempt
英 [tempt]
美 [tempt]
1. 让你试试,引诱你去做。
tempt 引诱,诱惑来自拉丁语 temptare,尝试,试探,改写自 tentare,接触,尝试,试探,来自 PIE*ten,展开,词 源同 tentative,tentacle.引申词义引诱,诱惑。
- tempt (v.)
- c. 1200, of the devil, flesh, etc., "draw or entice to evil or sin, lure (someone) from God's law; be alluring or seductive," from Old French tempter (12c.), from Latin temptare "to feel, try out, attempt to influence, test," a variant of tentare "handle, touch, try, test." The Latin alteration is "explainable only as an ancient error due to some confusion" [Century Dictionary]. From late 14c. as "to provoke, defy" (God, fate, etc.). Related: Tempted; tempting.
- 1. Can I tempt you with a little puff pastry?
- 我能给你尝点泡芙点心吗?
- 2. 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。
- 3. The woman used all her wiles to tempt him into following her.
- 那女人用尽了自己的诱骗本领勾引着他尾随而去.
- 4. Can't I tempt you to have another helping?
- 再吃一点好 吗 ?
- 5. 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。