- To tempt is to lure or entice. You might tempt your runaway dog back inside with pieces of cheese.
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- vt. 诱惑；引起；使感兴趣
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1. I was tempted by the dessert menu.
甜食菜单馋得我垂涎欲滴。
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2. Don't tempt thieves by leaving valuables clearly visible.
别把贵重物品放在显眼处招贼。
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3. I was tempted to take the day off.
我动了心，想那一天休假。
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4. 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？
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5. Nothing would tempt me to live here.
什么也吸引不了我到这里居住。
- 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.
tempt / tempt ; NAmE tempt / verb 1 to attract sb or make sb want to do or have sth, even if they know it is wrong 引诱；诱惑 temptsb (into sth/into doing sth) ◆ 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。 temptsb to do sth ◆ I was tempted to take the day off. 我动了心，想那一天休假。 2 to persuade or try to persuade sb to do sth that you want them to do, for example by offering them sth 劝诱；鼓动；怂恿；利诱 temptsb (into sth/into doing sth) ◆ 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？ temptsb to do sth ◆ Nothing would tempt me to live here. 什么也吸引不了我到这里居住。 IDIOM tempt ˈfate/ˈprovidence to do sth too confidently in a way that might mean that your good luck will come to an end 玩命；冒险；鲁莽 tempt tempts tempted tempting tempt / tempt ; NAmE tempt /
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