entice

英 [ɪn'taɪs; en-] 美 [ɪn'taɪs]

解释

※ 提供单词"entice"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

entice 引诱

词源不详，可能来自拉丁语titio, 火把，即煽风点火，引诱。或来自titillate, 挠痒，挑逗。

entice: entice: [13] Entice is an inflammatory sort of word. It comes ultimately from Latin tītiō ‘firebrand’, which was used, with the prefix in- ‘in’, to form the Vulgar Latin verb *intītiāre ‘set on fire’. This passed into English via Old French enticier, and originally retained much of the heat and vigour of its origins: ‘Your master is enticed and provoked by the Duke of Burgundy’, Richard Grafton, Chronicles of the Affairs of England 1568; but by the 17th century the process of softening from ‘incitement’ to ‘allurement’ was all but complete.
entice (v.): late 13c., intice, from Old French enticier "to stir up (fire), to excite, incite," which is of uncertain origin, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *intitiare "set on fire," from Latin in- "in" (see in- (2)) + titio (genitive titionis) "firebrand," which is of uncertain origin. Meaning "to allure, attract" is from c. 1300. Related: Enticed; enticing; enticingly.

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1. Retailers have tried almost everything to entice shoppers through their doors.: 零售商们几乎尝试了所有办法以吸引购物者进入商店。

2. The bargain prices are expected to entice customers away from other stores.: 低廉的价格意在把顾客从其他商店吸引过来。

3. Higher education grants are a carrot with which to entice students.: 高等教育的助学金是吸引学生的诱惑物.

4. An attempt is being made to entice otters back to the river.: 人们正试图把水獭引诱回河里去.