tempt
verbVerb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they tempt | |
| he / she / it tempts | |
| past simple tempted | |
| past participle tempted | |
| -ing form tempting |
to attract somebody or make somebody want to do or have something, even if they know it is wrong 引誘；誘惑 - tempt somebody
I was tempted by the dessert menu. 甜點菜單饞得我垂涎欲滴。 Don't tempt thieves by leaving valuables clearly visible. 别把貴重物品放在顯眼處招賊。 - tempt somebody into (doing) something
He was tempted into a life of crime. 他被引誘過上了犯罪的生活。 - tempt somebody to do something
I was tempted to take the day off. 我動了心，想那一天休假。
Extra ExamplesDid you ever feel tempted to cheat? 你是否動過心想要作弊？ I was almost tempted to strip off and plunge straight into the pool. 我幾乎禁不住要脫掉衣服直接跳進遊泳池裏。 She was sorely tempted to throw the wine in his face. 她差點兒忍不住想把酒潑到他臉上。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + tempt- could
- may
- might
- …
- into
- with
- be almost tempted
- be half tempted
- be tempted
- …
- tempt somebody
to persuade or try to persuade somebody to do something that you want them to do, for example by offering them something 勸誘；鼓動；慫恿；利誘 - tempt somebody (into something/into doing something)
How can we tempt young people into engineering? 我們怎麽才能吸引年輕人學習工程學呢？ - tempt somebody to do something
Nothing would tempt me to live here. 什麽也吸引不了我到這裏居住。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + tempt- could
- may
- might
- …
- into
- with
- be almost tempted
- be half tempted
- be tempted
- …
- tempt somebody (into something/into doing something)
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French tempter ‘to test’, from Latin temptare ‘handle, test, try’.
Idioms
tempt fate/providence
to do something too confidently in a way that might mean that your good luck will come to an end 玩命；冒險；魯莽 She felt it would be tempting fate to try the difficult climb a second time. 她覺得再次嘗試這種高難度的攀岩就如同玩兒命了。 It would be tempting fate to say that we will definitely win the game. 要說我們肯定會赢得這場比賽，還真有點兒冒險。