tempt
英[tem(p)t]
美[t?mpt]
- vt. 誘惑；引起；冒…的風險；使感興趣
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?tempts;過去式:?tempted;過去分詞:?tempted;現在分詞:?tempting;
助記提示
1. 讓你試試，引誘你去做。
中文詞源
tempt 引誘，誘惑
來自拉丁語 temptare,嘗試，試探，改寫自 tentare,接觸，嘗試，試探，來自 PIE*ten,展開，詞 源同 tentative,tentacle.引申詞義引誘，誘惑。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Can I tempt you with a little puff pastry?
- 我能給你嘗點泡芙點心嗎？
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Don't let credit tempt you to buy something you can't afford.
- 不要因為可以賒購，就買超過自己支付能力的東西。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The woman used all her wiles to tempt him into following her.
- 那女人用盡了自己的誘騙本領勾引著他尾隨而去.
來自《用法詞典》
- 4. Can't I tempt you to have another helping?
- 再吃一點好 嗎 ?
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 5. Reducing the income will further impoverish these families and could tempt an offender into further crime.
- 降低收入只會使這些家庭更加貧窮，而且可能誘使不法分子進一步犯罪。
來自柯林斯例句