tempt

verb

1. induce into action by using one's charm

e.g. 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

e.g. He lured me into temptation

Synonym: enticelure

3. try presumptuously

e.g. St. Anthony was tempted in the desert

4. dispose or incline or entice to

e.g. We were tempted by the delicious-looking food

Synonym: allure

5. give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting

e.g. the window displays tempted the shoppers

Synonym: invite

6. try to seduce

1. 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.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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. 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.

e.g. ...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
e.g. 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. see also: tempted

4. 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.

e.g. 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. 引诱：岳德宇记忆方法表达为:[骗子正在(at)试图引诱(tempt)他人],at(在)+tempt(引诱),试图引诱他人. {俞2X}记忆方法表达为[记]词根记忆:at(加强)+tempt(诱惑、考验),试图引诱别人,尝试、试图.

2. 劝诱：tell告诉 | tempt劝诱 | train练习