tempts

英 [tempts] 美 [tempts]

v.  引诱; 诱惑; 劝诱; 鼓动; 怂恿; 利诱
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  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。
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双语例句

  1. 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。
  2. What is it that haunts and tempts me thus?
    到底有什么东西如此纠缠和诱惑我啊？
  3. And naturally, he tempts, above all, the religious leaders, so you shouldn't be surprised if the devil tempts those in the Vatican.
    自然宗教领袖也不例外，如果说梵蒂冈也有人被魔鬼诱惑，这没什么奇怪。
  4. When an initial public offering earns a hot return that tempts you to buy the next one, ask what the average performance of IPOs is ( much lower than the average stock).
    如果有一个首次公开募股（IPO）交易收益丰厚，吸引你再购买一只新股，想想IPO的平均表现（通常比普通股票差得多）。
  5. The flower that smiles to-day To-morrow dies; All that we wish to stay Tempts and then flies.
    今天还微笑的花朵明天就会枯萎；我们愿留贮的一切诱一诱人就飞。
  6. This is the tidbit which tempts his insectivorous fate.
    就是这一点东西引诱它残杀昆虫。
  7. Society tempts me to its service by honours and riches and the good opinion of my fellows.
    社会用勋章、钱财以及我的同胞们的夸奖而引诱我为它服务。
  8. It is the persistence of isolation that tempts some mental health patients to take their lives by committing suicide.
    就是这种孤立感持续存在，导致一些精神疾病患者自杀。
  9. The spontaneity, informality and solitariness of e-mail make it more beguiling than lethal: E-mail tempts us to be ourselves.
    电邮的自发性、随意性和孤独性，使其更具消遣意味，而非致命的威胁感：电邮促使我们表现真实的自己。
  10. That candy tempts me.
    那糖果对我是一种诱惑。
  11. Nestl é sells single servings of instant coffee and stock cubes; Unilever tempts with sachets of deodorant and shampoo; several manufacturers sell nappies in packs of three.
    雀巢出售单份装的速溶咖啡和汤块；联合利华则以小袋装的体香剂和洗发水来吸引消费者；还有些制造商在出售3片装的纸尿裤。
  12. Even after a filling meal, they can tempts us to eat more, but this extra food is not necessary for our well-being nor our waistline.
    即使是在吃饱了之后，人类还是倾向于吃更多的食物，而这些额外的食物并不是维持健康和体重所需的必备食物。
  13. Using sheets of colored glass freely standing in front of a light source he tempts the user into creating his own synthesis by mixing variations in shades of color.
    利用彩色玻璃板自由地在一个光源前站在他诱惑的变化，创造了自己的混合合成的用户在颜色深浅。
  14. Indeed, the one potential drawback of such a sweet deal is that it tempts in rival bidders.
    当然，这样一桩划算买卖的一个潜在缺陷是，它可能会引来竞购买家。
  15. In his Spiritual Exercises ( 142), St Ignatius suggests that the devil tempts us in three stages: riches, honours, pride.
    圣依纳爵在他的神操（第142条）中指出，魔鬼诱惑人的三部曲是：财富、荣誉、骄傲。
  16. The Moon is in explosive Aries and your8th House of Intimacy, which can start a firestorm of passion that tempts you to break some rules.
    由于月亮正处于激情燃烧的白羊座以及你的亲密宫第8宫，这可能会使你激情迸发从而不再循规蹈矩。
  17. Good wine is irresistible to many people and tempts them to indulge.
    美酒佳酿让多少人沉醉其中，不能自拔。
  18. The fineness of the skies tempts her to walk on the beach
    晴朗的天空使她很想去海滩散步
  19. Mainland tempts makers to set up shop and offers vital market
    中国大陆吸引台湾芯片制造商在大陆建厂并提供重要市场
  20. All that is not holy; all that tempts mankind to wickedness.
    一切坏事；诱人作恶的一切事物。
  21. When Satan tempts, and doubts and fears assail, Look to the Lamb of God;
    撒旦来试探惧怕又怀疑，仰望真神羔羊；
  22. Yet," hope "tempts everyone and pesters them, which at last leaves only a fraud.
    而“希望”又在诱惑着人们，见谁缠谁。最终留下的只是一场骗局。
  23. The correct response to the Chinese challenge is not protectionism, which tempts the US and the EU, and would end up making us all poorer.
    对中国挑战的正确回应，不是美国和欧盟感兴趣的保护主义，这最终将使我们所有人都变得更贫穷。
  24. Satan tempts Jesus for40 days in the wilderness.
    撒旦40天在旷野试探耶稣。
  25. So here is a rule to remember in future, when anything tempts you to feel bitter and hurt: do not think,'This is a misfortune,'but'to suffer with it worthily is a good fortune.
    记住，如果任何事令你感到痛苦，不要想到：这是不辛。而是想到：忍辱负重是好运。
  26. Who is this Devil who tempts Jesus in the mountains?
    谁是在山里引诱耶稣的魔鬼？
  27. In regard this, this essay tempts to probe the inner drive of swordsmen literature hotness from the psychology of social culture and aesthetic appreciation.
    其中受众的社会文化心理和审美心理是武侠文学热的内在动因。
  28. The opposition has failed to capitalise on such problems. One reason is that much of the electorate remains distrustful following early at ­ tempts to unseat the president including a botched coup in 2002 and a national strike that paralysed the economy.
    反对派未能利用这些问题，原因之一在于他们此前那些旨在推翻查韦斯的努力，让相当一部分选民仍对其心存怀疑。这些努力包括2002年的拙劣政变，以及一次导致经济瘫痪的全国大罢工。
  29. It tempts the eye to dream.
    这种景象会使眼睛产生幻觉。
  30. Their frequency tempts one to parody Churchill: capitalism is a bad system, but the others are worse.
    这种频率让人不由得想借用丘吉尔的话：资本主义是个差劲的体制，但其它体制更糟。
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