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Entice Means   [V N Promise Enticed Friend Persuade

英语单词 entice
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
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[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]
  • 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。

  • Child murderers in the past have very often carried photographs of young children to entice their victims away...

    过去儿童谋杀犯常常携带一些小孩子的照片来诱拐他们的受害者。

  • They'll entice doctors to move from the cities by paying them better salaries.

    他们将出更高的薪水吸引医生们走出城市。

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