| 釋義 |
tempt /tempt; tempt/ vt [VP6A, 17, 14] ~ (to sth/into doing sth), 1 (try to) persuade (sb) to do sth wrong or foolish: 勸誘 (某人) 做壞事或蠢事; 勾引： Nothing could. ~ him to such a course of action/to take such a step. 沒有什么事情能夠誘使他那樣做 (采取這樣的步驟) 。 He was ~ed into making a false step, doing sth unwise. 他被引誘做了一件傻事。 2 attract (sb) to have or do sth: 誘使 (某人) 保有或做出某事; 誘導(dǎo); 導(dǎo)致： The warm weather ~ed us to go for a swim. 暖和的天氣誘使我們?nèi)ビ斡尽?She ~ed the child to have a little more soup. 她誘使那孩子多喝一點(diǎn)湯。 What a ~ing (- attractive) 多吸引人的提議 (出價(jià)等) ! 3 (old use, biblical) test. (舊用法，圣經(jīng)用法) 考驗(yàn); 試驗(yàn)。 ~ Providence, take a risk. 冒險(xiǎn)。 ~ingly odv ~er n person who ~s; 勸誘者; 誘惑者; (esp) (尤指) the T~ er, Satan, the Devil. 撒區(qū); 魔鬼。 temptress /'temptris; 'temptns/ n woman who ~s. 女引誘者、誘惑者等。 |