tempt
tempt 英 [tempt] 美 [tɛmpt]
vt. 诱惑；引起；使感兴趣
进行时:tempting 过去式:tempted 过去分词:tempted 第三人称单数:tempts
- To tempt is to lure or entice. You might tempt your runaway dog back inside with pieces of cheese.
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- vt. 诱惑；引起；使感兴趣
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1. I was tempted by the dessert menu.
甜食菜单馋得我垂涎欲滴。
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2. Don't tempt thieves by leaving valuables clearly visible.
别把贵重物品放在显眼处招贼。
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3. I was tempted to take the day off.
我动了心，想那一天休假。
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4. How can we tempt young people into engineering?
我们怎么才能吸引年轻人学习工程学呢？
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5. Nothing would tempt me to live here.
什么也吸引不了我到这里居住。
- 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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