tempts

英 [tempts]

美 [tempts]

v.  引诱; 诱惑; 劝诱; 鼓动; 怂恿; 利诱
tempt的第三人称单数

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

• 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）。
• The correct response to the Chinese challenge is not protectionism, which tempts the US and the EU, and would end up making us all poorer.
  对中国挑战的正确回应，不是美国和欧盟感兴趣的保护主义，这最终将使我们所有人都变得更贫穷。
• Who is this Devil who tempts Jesus in the mountains?
  谁是在山里引诱耶稣的魔鬼？
• In his Spiritual Exercises ( 142), St Ignatius suggests that the devil tempts us in three stages: riches, honours, pride.
  圣依纳爵在他的神操（第142条）中指出，魔鬼诱惑人的三部曲是：财富、荣誉、骄傲。
• 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。
• That candy tempts me.
  那糖果对我是一种诱惑。
• 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。
• 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。
• So here is a rule to remember in future, when anything tempts you to feel bitter and hurt: do not think,'This is a misfortune,'but'to suffer with it worthily is a good fortune.
  记住，如果任何事令你感到痛苦，不要想到：这是不辛。而是想到：忍辱负重是好运。
• 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。