| 英语单词 | entice |
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| 英美音标 | 英 [ɪn'taɪs] 美 [ɪn'taɪs] |
| 中文释义 | v.诱使;引诱 |
| 英语例句 | (1) The promise of higher pay enticed me into the new job. (2) The boy was enticed into playing truant. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 高薪诱使我从事了这个新工作。 (2) 这个男孩被引诱逃学。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Let's say your friend wants to go to the movies and you don't want to. Your friend might try to entice you by offering to buy you popcorn and a soda. Entice means to persuade with promises of something. |
| vocabulary扩展 | The word entice means to lure or tempt someone by promising them something that they like. It is a little manipulative but in a fairly straightforward way. You always know it when someone is enticing you. If a company really wants to hire you, they will entice you with a good salary and generous benefits. The promise of a gold star is often enough to entice small children to get good grades. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词]诱使;诱惑;怂恿 To entice someone to go somewhere or to do something means to try to persuade them to go to that place or to do that thing. [V n prep] [V n with adv] [V n to-inf] [Also V n]
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