tempt

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  • v.诱惑；引诱；怂恿；劝诱
  • Web吸引；试探；尝试
Simple Present：tempts  Present Participle：tempting  Past Tense：tempted  

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tempt
v.
1.
引诱；诱惑to attract sb or make sb want to do or have sth, even if they know it is wrong
I was tempted by the dessert menu.
甜点菜单馋得我垂涎欲滴。
Don't tempt thieves by leaving valuables clearly visible.
别把贵重物品放在显眼处招贼。
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
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？
Nothing would tempt me to live here.
什么也吸引不了我到这里居住。

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1.
Nothing would tempt her to leave her aging parents alone in the countryside.
她决不会把年迈的双亲单独留在乡下不管。
tā jué bú huì bǎ nián mài de shuāng qīn dān dú liú zài xiāng xià bù guǎn 。
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2.
They have no concept of "good" deities that encourage noble behavior or "evil" ones that tempt individuals to misdeeds.
他们没有“善”神鼓励高贵的行为或“恶”神诱惑个人犯罪的观念。
tā men méi yǒu " shàn " shén gǔ lì gāo guì de xíng wéi huò " è " shén yòu huò gè rén fàn zuì de guān niàn 。
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3.
Wherefore will I tempt thee no longer, but I pray thee to suffer me to enter thy heart, that I may be one with thee even as before.
我不再诱惑你了，然我求你让我进到心里去，我便能如以往那样与你合为一体了。
wǒ bú zài yòu huò nǐ le , rán wǒ qiú nǐ ràng wǒ jìn dào xīn li qù , wǒ biàn néng rú yǐ wǎng nà yàng yǔ nǐ hé wéi yì tǐ le 。
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In the long run, hopes for a more volatile yuan should tempt more hedge funds to dive into yuan trades, he said.
他说，长期而言，对人民币波动程度增强的预期应会诱使更多对冲基金进入人民币交易。
tā shuō , cháng qī ér yán , duì rén mín bì bō dòng chéng dù zēng qiáng de yù qī yīng huì yòu shǐ gèng duō duì chōng jī jīn jìn rù rén mín bì jiāo yì 。
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5.
Jack made a deal with the devil that, if he would never tempt him again, he would promise to let him down the tree.
杰克制造一交易与魔鬼，如果他永远不会再诱惑他，他会诺言到让他？？落那树。
jié kè zhì zào yī jiāo yì yǔ mó guǐ , rú guǒ tā yǒng yuǎn bú huì zài yòu huò tā , tā huì nuò yán dào ràng tā ? ? luò nà shù 。
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If I thought it would not tempt her to go out in sharp winds, and grow coarse, I would send her a new hat and pelisse.
我本想送给她一顶新遮阳帽和一件皮制新外衣，可是又怕她冒着刺骨的寒风往外跑，把皮肤吹粗糙了。
wǒ běn xiǎng sòng gěi tā yī dǐng xīn zhē yáng mào hé yī jiàn pí zhì xīn wài yī , kě shì yòu pà tā mào zhe cì gǔ de hán fēng wǎng wài pǎo , bǎ pí fū chuī cū cāo le 。
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Stay away from people places and situations which might tempt you to smoke at least for few weeks after quitting .
在戒严的首几个星期避免接触会引诱你再次吸烟的人场所和情况。
zài jiè yán de shǒu jǐ gè xīng qī bì miǎn jiē chù huì yǐn yòu nǐ zài cì xī yān de rén chǎng suǒ hé qíng kuàng 。
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A rival company is trying to tempt her away from her present job with an offer of more money.
一家竞争公司正试图以更高的薪水诱使她离职。
yì jiā jìng zhēng gōng sī zhèng shì tú yǐ gèng gāo de xīn shuǐ yòu shǐ tā lí zhí 。
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Their ambitions sometimes tempt them to turn a blind eye or to accept bribes, which lowers the morale of the ordinary cop.
他们的野心诱使他们有时候睁一只眼闭一只眼，或接受贿赂，从而降低士气的普通巡警。
tā men de yě xīn yòu shǐ tā men yǒu shí hou zhēng yī zhī yǎn bì yī zhī yǎn , huò jiē shòu huì lù , cóng ér jiàng dī shì qì de pǔ tōng xún jǐng 。
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It's easy enough to tempt Jack from his work with a good television film or something else that he enjoys.
一部好的电视剧或其他杰克喜欢的东西就能轻易地引诱他，使他离开工作。
yī bù hǎo de diàn shì jù huò qí tā jié kè xǐ huan de dōng xi jiù néng qīng yì de yǐn yòu tā , shǐ tā lí kāi gōng zuò 。
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