To attract someone or make them want something, even if it's wrong or harmful; to persuade someone to do something by offering them something desirable.
[VERB 动词]引诱；诱惑；吸引 Something that tempts you attracts you and makes you want it, even though it may be wrong or harmful.
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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。
It is the fresh fruit that tempts me at this time of year...
一年当中这个时节，新鲜水果最能吸引我了。
Can I tempt you with a little puff pastry?...
我能给你尝点泡芙点心吗？
The fact that she had become wealthy did not tempt her to alter her frugal way of life.
她有钱了，可这丝毫没能让她改变节俭的生活习惯。
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[VERB 动词]怂恿；利诱；诱惑 If you tempt someone, you offer them something they want in order to encourage them to do what you want them to do.
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...a million dollar marketing campaign to tempt American tourists back to Britain...
耗资百万美元试图把美国游客重新吸引到英国来的营销活动
Having spent so long at a great club like Rangers, no other Scottish team could tempt him away...
在流浪者队这样优秀的俱乐部呆了这么久之后，其他苏格兰球队都吸引不了他了。
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。
She will be offering a package worth about 40 million dollars, to tempt the rebels into agreeing to disarm.
她将提出价值 4, 000 万美元的一揽子条件，以诱使反叛分子答应解除武装。
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[PHRASE 短语]说晦气话，玩过火，冒险（使好运结束） If someone says that something they say or do is tempting fate or is tempting providence, they mean they are worried that it may cause the good luck they have had so far to end.
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As soon as you start to talk about never having played on a losing side, it is tempting fate.
你刚说从来没输过，晦气就来了。
Oxford
tempt/tempt; NAmEtempt/verb1to attract sb or make sb want to do or have sth, even if they know it is wrong 引诱；诱惑temptsb (into sth/into doing sth) ◆I was tempted by the dessert menu.甜食菜单馋得我垂涎欲滴。◆Don't tempt thieves by leaving valuables clearly visible.别把贵重物品放在显眼处招贼。temptsb to do sth ◆I was tempted to take the day off.我动了心，想那一天休假。2to persuade or try to persuade sb to do sth that you want them to do, for example by offering them sth 劝诱；鼓动；怂恿；利诱temptsb (into sth/into doing sth) ◆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？temptsb to do sth ◆Nothing would tempt me to live here.什么也吸引不了我到这里居住。IDIOMtempt ˈfate/ˈprovidenceto do sth too confidently in a way that might mean that your good luck will come to an end 玩命；冒险；鲁莽tempttemptstemptedtemptingtempt/tempt; NAmEtempt/
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tempttempt /tempt/ ●●○ verb [transitive]
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1to try to persuade someone to do something by making it seem attractivetempt somebody into doing something The new program is designed to tempt young people into studying engineering.tempt somebody to do something It would take a lot of money to tempt me to quit this job.2to make someone want to have or do something, even though they know they really should not: If you leave valuables in your car it will tempt thieves.be tempted to do something I’m tempted to buy that dress.3tempt fate (also tempt providence British English)a)to do something that involves unnecessary risk and may cause serious problems: Fire officials said developers are tempting fate by building deep into the scenic canyons.b)to say too confidently that something will have a good result, that there will be no problems etc, when it is likely there will be problems
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[tempt]tempted, tempting, tempts
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tempted[3823] tempting[2960] tempts[208]
引诱(37%)，吸引(32%)，诱惑(25%)，怂恿(6%)
vt.诱惑；引起；冒…的风险；使感兴趣
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