tempt

verb

1. 引诱；诱惑
   to attract sb or make sb want to do or have sth, even if they know it is wrong
   1. I was tempted by the dessert menu.
      甜食菜单馋得我垂涎欲滴。
   2. Don't tempt thieves by leaving valuables clearly visible.
      别把贵重物品放在显眼处招贼。
   3. I was tempted to take the day off.
      我动了心，想那一天休假。
2. 劝诱；鼓动；怂恿；利诱
   to persuade or try to persuade sb to do sth that you want them to do, for example by offering them sth
   1. 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？
   2. Nothing would tempt me to live here.
      什么也吸引不了我到这里居住。

1. VERB 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.
   1. 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。
   2. 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。
   3. Can I tempt you with a little puff pastry?...
      我能给你尝点泡芙点心吗？
   4. 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。
2. VERB 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.
   1. ...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
   2. 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。
   3. 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。
   4. 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。
3. See also: tempted
4. PHRASE 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.
   1. 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。

1. 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。
2. 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。
3. Can I tempt you with a little puff pastry?
   我能给你尝点泡芙点心吗？
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. 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。
8. 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。
9. It would tempt israel's neighbors to escalate their demands.
   它将诱使以色列的邻国不断把他们的要求升级。
10. American abdication would tempt Soviet tendencies toward filling every vacuum.
    美国的退位将使苏联想要填补每一个真空。
11. Satan does not have to tempt those who are already doing his evil will; they are already his.
    撒但不必去诱惑那些已随从它做恶事的人，他们已是属于他了。
12. We dare not tempt them with weakness.
    我们不敢以示弱去诱惑他们。
13. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right.
    总会发生一些困难，诱使你相信批评你的人是对的。
14. But no one will tempt me into a plane, thank you very much!
    但是谁也别想劝我上飞机，谢了！
15. Those cream cakes tempt me!
    那些奶油蛋糕吸引我！
16. Do you really want to tempt fate by making this promise at a time when promises are easily broken?
    你真的想要在这种任何许诺都很容易被打破的阶段许下影响你命运的誓言么？
17. A mad scheme like this was bound to tempt me.
    像这样疯狂的计划，肯定会吸引住我。
18. Do you think anything would tempt me to accept the man who has destroyed the happiness of my sister?
    你以为我会接受一个亲手毁了我姐姐幸福的人吗？
19. They have been for months, but I want to tempt our fate.
    几个月前就已经卖完了，但我想碰碰运气。
20. You tempt Him to wring them, till He forces a cry of humiliation.
    你使得上帝来绞扭你的心和神经，一直到他迫使你发出屈服的呼喊为止。
21. Flowers tempt me. I will move close to you and whisper.
    花的诱惑，我会黏著你，靠近你，轻松细语的说。
22. Please don't literally to tempt my patience, I am not so good.
    请不要随便来试探我的耐性，我不是那么好说话的。
23. He wisely resolved to tempt his fortune no more.
    他明智地决定不再冒险了。
24. I hate it when people tempt to know my ongoing stories.
    我讨厌有人试图了解我正在进展中的故事。
25. How many did you tempt into doing such disgusting things?
    这种恶心的事，你一共做了多少次？
26. Someone who is already involved with someone else will tempt you.
    狮子座：已经和别人发展关系的人会引诱你。
27. I don't want to tempt fate but none the less you are in good shape.
    我并不想蔑视命运但你依然状态良好。
28. I shouldn't have let you tempt me into talking of the old days.
    我不该让你来引诱我谈过去的事。
29. Is gonna tempt you to come after me.
    会诱惑你来追捕我。
30. It is the premium and the feast which tempt him.
    现在是报酬和一顿大嚼在吸引他们了。

  lure allure entice seduce tempt【导航词义：引诱，吸引】

  lure v. 〈贬〉引诱，诱惑

〔辨析〕尤指诱使某人做错误或危险的事。

  allure v. 诱惑，吸引

〔辨析〕通常指美好的事物使人受到吸引或诱惑。

  entice v. 诱使，引诱

〔辨析〕通常指以诱人的东西说服某人做某事或去某处。

  seduce v. 引诱，勾引

〔辨析〕指诱使某人做通常不会做的事，常用被动语态；也指诱使某人发生性关系。

  tempt v. 引诱，诱惑

〔辨析〕指怂恿某人做某事，或引诱某人做明知不对的事，语义较弱。

v.

tempt fate/providence

• 玩命；冒险；鲁莽
  to do sth too confidently in a way that might mean that your good luck will come to an end

verb

1. induce into action by using one's charm
   1. She charmed him into giving her all his money

   Synonym:    charminfluence

2. provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion
   1. He lured me into temptation

   Synonym:    enticelure

3. try presumptuously
   1. St. Anthony was tempted in the desert

4. dispose or incline or entice to
   1. We were tempted by the delicious-looking food

   Synonym:    allure

5. give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting
   1. the window displays tempted the shoppers

   Synonym:    invite

6. try to seduce