tempt
英[tempt] 美[tempt]
"We were tempted by the delicious-looking food"
"He lured me into temptation"
"the window displays tempted the shoppers"
"She charmed him into giving her all his money"
"St. Anthony was tempted in the desert"
1.引诱;诱惑;吸引
Something thattempts you attracts you and makes you want it, even though it may be wrong or harmful.
e.g. Reducing the income will further impoverish these families and couldtempt 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。
e.g. 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。
2.怂恿;利诱;诱惑
If youtempt someone, you offer them something they want in order to encourage them to do what you want them to do.
e.g. ...a million dollar marketing campaign totempt 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
e.g. Having spent so long at a great club like Rangers, no other Scottish team couldtempt 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. see also: tempted
4.说晦气话，玩过火，冒险（使好运结束）
If someone says that something they say or dois tempting fate oris tempting providence, they mean they are worried that it may cause the good luck they have had so far to end.
e.g. 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。
1. 引诱：岳德宇记忆方法表达为:[骗子正在(at)试图引诱(tempt)他人],at(在)+tempt(引诱),试图引诱他人. {俞2X}记忆方法表达为[记]词根记忆:at(加强)+tempt(诱惑、考验),试图引诱别人,尝试、试图.
2. 劝诱：tell告诉 |tempt劝诱 | train练习
The warm weather tempted us into going for a swim.
暖和的天气诱使我们去游泳。
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。
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。
He was tempted into making a false step.
他被引诱做了一件傻事。
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。
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?
Nothing would tempt me to live here.
什么也吸引不了我到这里居住。
I was tempted by the dessert menu.
甜食菜单馋得我垂涎欲滴。
Don't tempt thieves by leaving valuables clearly visible.
别把贵重物品放在显眼处招贼。
I was tempted to take the day off.
我动了心，想那一天休假。
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？
Nothing would tempt me to live here.
什么也吸引不了我到这里居住。
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。
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。
...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
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。
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。
Someone has tried to tempt him from his present post with high pay, but he refused.
曾经有人以高薪诱惑他离开他目前的职位可他拒绝了.
Nothing could tempt him to such a course of action.
什么都不能诱使他去那样做.
We could not now jeoparize relations with Europe and Japan, tempt an oil embargo.
现在不能再损害我们同欧洲和日本的关系了,不能去触发一场石油禁运.
Can I tempt you to another cup of tea?
我劝你再喝一杯茶 吧 !
They tried to tempt her with offers of promotion.
他们提出给她晋级来劝说她.
Nothing can tempt me to do such a thing.
什么也不能诱使我去做这样的事.
The devil will try to tempt you to sin.
魔鬼会引诱你作恶.
Nothing could tempt him to take such a step.
什么也不能诱使他采用那样的手段.
Can't I tempt you to have another helping?
再吃一点好 吗 ?
That bank is offering higher rates of interests to tempt more depositors.
银行提供较高的利率诱使更多的存款人.
Mary: I'd better not. Please don't tempt me. Please!
玛丽: 我还是不吃了. 求你了,别勾引我.
The ads tempt people into buying their products.
那些广告怂恿大家去购买其产品.
It would tempt Israel's neighbors to escalate their demands.
它将诱使以色列的邻国不断把他们的要求升级.
There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right.
路程中总是有众多困难险阻让你认为你的批评者是对的.
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.
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.
The empty empire's emperor made an attempt to tempt the contemptuous man.
空虚帝国的皇帝试图诱惑那个轻蔑的人.
Can't I tempt you to some sandwiches or cake?
再点些三明治或蛋糕好 吗 ?
The stand outside displayed various articles to tempt people into buying.
外面的摊子摆出各色各样的商品诱使人买.
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。
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。
Can I tempt you to another piece of cake?
我能请你再吃一块蛋糕吗?
God did tempt Abraham.
出自：Bible (AV): GenesisNor tempt the wrath of Heav'ns avenging Sire.
出自：Pope