tempt

英 [tem(p)t] 美 [tɛmpt]

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※ 提供单词"tempt"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。

tempt 引诱，诱惑

来自拉丁语 temptare,尝试，试探，改写自 tentare,接触，尝试，试探，来自 PIE*ten,展开，词源同 tentative,tentacle.引申词义引诱，诱惑。

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.

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2. Don't let credit tempt you to buy something you can't afford.: 不要因为可以赊购，就买超过自己支付能力的东西。

3. The woman used all her wiles to tempt him into following her.: 那女人用尽了自己的诱骗本领勾引着他尾随而去.

5. 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。