entice
verbto persuade somebody/something to go somewhere or to do something, usually by offering them something 誘使；引誘 - entice somebody/something (+ adv./prep.)
The bargain prices are expected to entice customers away from other stores. 低廉的價格意在把顧客從其他商店吸引過來。 a plan to entice mothers back to work 吸引母親們重返工作崗位的計劃 The animal refused to be enticed from its hole. 那只動物怎麽引誘也不肯出洞。 - entice somebody into doing something
He was not enticed into parting with his cash. 他沒有因爲誘惑而掏錢。 - entice somebody to do something
Try and entice the child to eat by offering small portions of their favourite food. 給孩子少許愛吃的食物，設法誘使他們吃飯。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryEntice is used with these nouns as the object:- buyer
- customer
- viewer
- …
Word OriginMiddle English (also in the sense ‘incite, provoke’; formerly also as intice): from Old French enticier, probably from a base meaning ‘set on fire’, based on an alteration of Latin titio ‘firebrand’.- entice somebody/something (+ adv./prep.)