tempt

四级六级考研托福 Collins 1

v. dispose or incline or entice to
v. give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting
v. try to seduce
v. try presumptuously

vt. 诱惑, 引诱, 引起...的兴趣, 吸引, 冒...风险

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tempt 源于拉丁语 temptare，意思是“尝试”或“试探”。可以记住它与“尝试”有关。

例句

1. I was tempted to eat the chocolate cake.

我很想吃那块巧克力蛋糕。

2. She tried to tempt him with a new video game.

她试图用一款新的视频游戏来诱惑他。

3. It’s hard to resist the temptation of online shopping.

抵挡网购的诱惑很难。