tempt
英 [tem(p)t]
美[tɛmpt]
- vt. 诱惑；引起；冒…的风险；使感兴趣
词态变化
第三人称单数: tempts;过去式: tempted;过去分词: tempted;现在分词: tempting;
助记提示
1. 让你试试，引诱你去做。
中文词源
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。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. Can I tempt you with a little puff pastry?
- 我能给你尝点泡芙点心吗？
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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.
来自《用法词典》
- 4. Can't I tempt you to have another helping?
- 再吃一点好 吗 ?
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句