tempt
vt. 引诱,怂恿; 吸引; 冒…的风险; 使感兴趣
vi. 有吸引力
Something that tempts you attracts you and makes you want it, even though it may be wrong or harmful.
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。
If you tempt someone, you offer them something they want in order to encourage them to do what you want them to do.
...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。
If someone says that something they say or do is tempting fate or is tempting providence, they mean they are worried that it may cause the good luck they have had so far to end.
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. dispose or incline or entice to;
2. provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion;
3. give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting;
4. induce into action by using one's charm;
5. try to seduce
6. try presumptuously;
attract, charm, enchant, fascinate, tempt
这些动词均含有"吸引,引诱"之意。
tempt fate (或 providence)
玩命,冒大险
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.